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[Sometime early this afternoon, Katara escapes from the house with no particular destination in mind. All she knows is that Zuko is finally well enough to be left alone, and even if he's not Roku - Roku - is around so he's not exactly unprotected.

But between Zuko, Roku, Jet... and the imminent battle with Aku... Katara desperately needs some time to clear her head. And just as importantly - this is her first spring. When they'd left the South Pole with Aang, the world was already in bloom. This is the first time she's actually gotten to see blossoms on trees or fields of budding flowers, and even though the Easter Egg hunt gave her some time to explore, she just can't get enough of it. It's a thousand new sounds and smells, and the thunderstorm has left the sky freshly washed and the blossoms are bright against the green.

She is not headed anywhere in particular, although she has a vague notion of checking in on Tanyuu, she's not sure where Ginko's friend has settled. So after wandering around the borders of the forest and any other place where there may be flowers, and lying down in a field and staring up at the clouds for a while, Katara will head back into town. Once there, she'll poke around the town square for a bit... and decide to explore some of the community houses, because she's only been in there once before and they seem to have mysteriously... grown.

And this is how she ends up on the roof of Community Building 4, leaning on the edge with her journal in her lap and a smile on her face.]

Tanyuu, if you'd like to meet somewhere for tea or something, I'd like to see how you're settling in.

[Feel free to have bumped into her at any point!]

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I don't lecture! Anything I say is purely for your own good -- or because you are driving me crazy! And besides, that's not what I meant at all.

Right. Of course you don't lecture.

So what did you mean?

[Arms cross.] I don't know if I should bother asking, since you'd probably never use it anyway.

[Groan.] Oh come on. What is it?

[Hmph. She steals some more chips.]

If you can bend sound towards, can you bend sound away? Like... hear people if they're talking from a distance?

[Polishing off the last of that sandwich.]

Not sure. From what I've learned, with enough practice, you can even create sound. But that... I'm not so sure. You'd have to... manipulate the air in such a way that it can carry the sound over, like a kind of pipeline. I guess it would be the same concept as those communication pipes the Fire Nation used in their ships.

[She shrugs. She's not worked with the wind spirit whatshisname, so she has no idea if that's how it works or not.]

OK. But I bet it would work, if you tried it.

I'll be sure to practice it next time you're trying to have a private conversation.

[This icon.]

Jerk.

[Ditto.]

Ow. [That spot is never going to heal!]

[She sighs and sets her elbows on her knees, leaning forward.]

So... Jet's back. [And what are we going to do about Roku?]

Yeah... I know. [And regardless of what Jet might be, his presence makes things complicated in more than one way.]

... and unlike us, he's stuck here.

...

[She's... got nothing to say to that. She doesn't know how things work here or how they should or - anything. Or if escaping, if death, would be better than staying here. People come and go all the time and Rydia had been here for two years already and... and...

Katara looks down.]

... either way, we'll have to do something if he tries to cause trouble for Zuko and Roku.

I know. [Pause.] Hopefully he's smarter than that. We have different worries here.

Too many if you ask me. Remember the good old days when we only had one enemy?

Heh. You mean Zuko? Or Zhao? Or the entire Fire Nation Army? Or the pirates? Or Azula? Or anyone who could see Aang and report him?

It's bad, Sokka. But we've been through bad before. One day at a time.

Yeah, but all of them were on the same side, mostly. Except the pirates, which was your fault.

[But that's not the point. Well, except bringing up the pirates thing. Never gonna let her forget that.] Yeah. Just sometimes they really seem to add up.

[She maintains that it was almost-totally worth it. Besides, there will be no pouting today. Today is a gorgeous day, and they could all be dead in a few days, so she's just going to enjoy it, thanks very much.]

That would be because you are so old. I'm going to have to get you a cane soon.

You might be right. I'm thinking maybe I should go ahead and grow a nice beard before I pass away.

Right. Because that worked so well for Haru.

I know! If you had told me that when I first met the guy, I would have laughed. But it made him very dignified.

[...Sometimes she wonders about you.] No.

[And she punches his shoulder again.] And no dying!

Fine, fine. I'd want a better beard anyway.

Like this. [... does he always have this beard on hand? It would seem so.]

[She'd laugh, but... seriously?] Why are you carrying that beard around?

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