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[What with Zuko's unexpected and somewhat... well, dubious bout of hopefully-it-will-be-win and please don't burn their house again, Katara has an unexpected bout of free time. This is both a good thing, and a bad thing, since with the craziness of her first few months dying down, Katara has started to feel homesickness pressing down on her. Couple that with Sokka's keeping secrets, his friendship with Ty Lee, and learning chi blocking, the extra time to think is not... exactly... happy.

So here she is, at the bridge by her house, standing at the arch and staring out over the water.]

[Filtered to Ginko 70 percent]

Ginko, have you ever-

Is there a time where

I need

[No. It wasn't fair to bring anyone into this. She'd figure it out the same way she always did.]

[Voice: Filtered away from Zuko, 70%]

~~So... has anyone else noticed anything strange going on tonight? There isn't a new experiment going on, is there?~~

[And pretty much immediately after this comment Katara is going to find a way to erase this voice post if it kills her. She didn't mean to upset anyone! It was just - so weird.]

[...And sometime after dinner, she'll be returning to her practicing routine outside of the house, in case she's due for a talking to ~~you know who you are~~.]

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[She may have. There's been... a lot that's happened. ~~And Kel drew a blank.~~ He nods and recites the elements quickly.] Water, fire, earth, and air.

[And now he's guessing. She's connected to water. She told him that there were benders for each element. That didn't seem all that noteworthy to her.] The Avatar is connected to all of them? [Or maybe none of them or he was wrong entirely, but the elements seem such a huge part of her world that that wouldn't make sense to him.]

[~~S'cool. I don't remember either, and neither does Katara~~ But hey, she's impressed. He's the first person who's gotten that on his own. She nods.]

That's right. The Avatar is the only one who can learn to bend all four elements. He or she is the one to keep balance between the nations. They're also the bridge between the spirit world and our world.

I see. [And, really, he sort of does. Finding the Avatar must have been... quite the event.]

I take it he didn't stay in the iceberg, then.

[Her tone is unmistakably warm:] No he did not.

[He doesn't miss that at all and, despite what some people say, he's not completely emotionally stunted. ~~Not completely but...~~]

He's a friend.

[She grins at Hitsugaya, sharp and quick and genuine.] That's right.

[And she misses him so much she finds it hard to go on-] He was here for a few weeks, but then he got sent home. Heh. Guess the world couldn't do without him again, even if he did get sent back to the same time he was taken from.

[He shrugs one shoulder.]

Maybe it's better that way. [Despite worrying over Hinamori and having Matsumoto at his side here, he couldn't help but feel that way. Home is home, war or not. But then again, at home, Hinamori is dying. Matsumoto would still be gravely hurt. So would he, for that matter.]

[He turns to look out over the water -- he's not dismissing her, but she had something, staring at the water like that. It couldn't give answers, but the movement and the sound is soothing. He's just thinking now, mulling over what she said -- and then abruptly changes the subject. It's for their own good. He's starting to brood and she's looking... small.]

When you healed me, you mentioned Nala. That's one of the spirits here, isn't it? [He's been listening and reading, thanks very much.]

It's definitely better that way. [She'd send everyone home if she could, even if staying here by herself was the consequences. As far as she's concerned, although she's loved meeting the people, Luceti is evil.

When he turns away, she does the same, leaning her elbows on the rail. She's glad for the subject change. Talking about Aang hurts.]

That's right. She's very nice. I got to know her pretty well my second month here.

[Strange. It seems very strange to him that people brought here against their will could contact native spirits -- but, really, there was nothing saying that the spirits themselves were native.]

Did you seek her out?

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A little bit of both, I guess. [She shrugs and sobers a moment, though she tries not to show it.] A friend of mine had been hurt. Really badly. So I was doing a lot of healing.

And while I did, she just... came in the house and started talking to me. She wanted to help. So I kept talking to her, and I let her. But if she hadn't come talk to me, I would have probably gone looking for her anyway. It was pretty bad.

[He's not going to touch those comments about a friend being badly hurt. That's not something he wants to talk about and it doesn't look like something she really wants to get into. He's fine with that.]

I'm given to believe that not all the spirits are quite as friendly.

Well, no, not all of them. [In fact, some of them are just downright - annoying. Katara still won't go in the forest for long by herself.]

Sona, the water spirit, her I had to seek out. But she loved my bending so I didn't have a problem talking to her, even if she is a bit stuck up.

It seems strange to me that native spirits would be willing to speak with us.

Why do you say that?

[He shrugs.] We're strangers and captives. It seems unexpected that they'd be willing to talk and puzzling that the Malnosso lets them.

[Cynical and paranoid shinigami is cynical and paranoid.]

I don't know about that...

...from what we've learned, the Malnosso aren't native here either. We've heard that it's only the spirits who really belong here... and they're trapped in the barrier too.

And they can't do anything either - the Malnosso control everything. They can't fulfill whatever their purpose was, can't do anything other than talk to us because we're the only ones who'll listen. And who knows how long that's been going on? I think they've been lonely.

[He grunts softly in acknowledgment. All that makes sense -- it really does -- but he's never been one to take anything at face value, especially when it's such a... Well, it gives the spirits the benefit of the doubt. He doesn't know them, doesn't know much of anything about them, and he finds it difficult to ascribe benign or even helpful traits to them. He'll keep it in mind, though.]

I can see that.

[Katara shrugs.] It's just a thought.

...I didn't really think too much about it before, to be honest with you. I was just... looking for all the help I could get.

[He echoes her shrug with one of his own. Not like he's going to admit to being cynical. Also, he's still curious.]

Do you know of many people that have sought out these spirits?

Well... [This isn't something she's exactly thought about.] All of the teachers at the school have contracts with at least one of them. And there are magic classes there too, for people who want to learn but have had a hard time contacting the spirits themselves.

Interesting. [He nods. It's not exactly something he's interested in doing himself. With kidou and Hyourinmaru, he feels somewhat secure in his defense, even if his power has been restricted. Still, though, the spirits are good things to at least know of and about.]

[He steps back from the rail and offers Katara a polite nod.] Enjoy the water.

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