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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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[Blink. Who's Suki? Not really sure how to answer that.]

[Amazingly, she got that.] Suki is the leader of the Kyoshi Warriors - she helped us take down the Fire Nation army.

[And then she shakes her head.] Nevermind. I'm just being silly.

But I guess that makes sense. [I mean, it wasn't the only reason I liked Jet... but his looks sure didn't hurt.]

[Oh. Well she sounds a lot cooler than the Fire Nation girl, in his opinion. Longshot gets kind of an =/ look... because he's really not sure if judgement has anything to do with it. He doesn't know Sokka well enough. But Katara says not to worry about it, so he doesn't think on it for too long. Still. He hopes that isn't the case anyways.]

[There's a slight nod. He doesn't really care that much for those things... but he's a teenage boy. He'd be lying if he said he didn't notice.]

[And - for a moment - Katara feels some of the pressure she's been feeling and ignoring in Luceti surge forward. She's never been surrounded by so many people her own age before. And as far as she can see - well, the girls are all very pretty. And some of the guys are even prettier than the girls! And, well...

...she'd never really worried about how she looked before. Why would she? The only person around her age was Sokka. And her mother dying left her with very little feminine pampering. Gran Gran just wasn't... like that.

And here she is, unable to do much with her bending, unable to do much to help the town, unable to do much to deal with friends getting hurt and enemies resurfacing...

...and she's got to wonder, for a moment, where her value is here and how she measures up.

And she almost feels the words forming in her brain to ask him - Am I-

But then the moment passes.]

Well. [And she shrugs a little wryly, thinking about Jet - a shade of pain passes through her eyes as she does - it's so weird to be having this conversation, thinking about that time with Longshot across from her.

Maybe, if she can get over what Longshot did... she can get over what Ty Lee did too.]

I guess it happens, right?

Edited 2010-05-10 04:20 (UTC)

[What. All he did was blow up a resevoir. >.>]

[There's an agreeable shrug - yeah, guess so. He takes the empty bag off from over his shoulder - he should probably be going now. There's a glance, as if to ask if she has anything else she needs to get off of her chest.]

[Katara sees him starting to get ready to go.] It was really good to see you again, Longshot.

[And she smiles warmly and stands.] Thanks again for listening. I really needed someone to talk to who I wouldn't have to explain things to, you know? [Her smile falters for a minute.] It's hard to keep doing that sometimes. There are some things words just don't say.

[Longshot nods, also standing. And he sees that falter, though what she says after it secretly amuses him, as it's something he's learned to apprecitate a while ago. Have a quick pat on the shoulder though - he hopes the situation works out for you.]

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