[And she drops her hand, but doesn't step away.] I don't know if it makes a difference to you or not, but I'll tell you something else about those two years when my dad was away - they were horrible. We didn't do a thing that wasn't serious. The person who changed all that was Aang - long before we knew he was the Avatar, he taught us how to have fun again. He reminded us how to live life and enjoy it. And he'd never seen a day of war before in his life. We needed that, because if home was bad... I'd say Luceti is even worse.

I don't know how anyone can last here as long as some of you have. But you have. And I think that's amazing.