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[Tomorrow. Tomorrow is tomorrow. Today, she has plans.]

Hey, Winry - do you still want to go get pizza today? I can make it for lunch, but... I can't hang out the whole day.

[She will also be making a point to visit her friends today, specifically the Straw Hat House. She wants to check in on Sanji, now that she knows what's happened to him, say goodbye to Nami... and she has a feeling Ginko will be there as well. If not, she'll try to contact him over the journal.

She also needs to stop in the item's shop. Being given a gift from the water of the river of light... Katara wants to find something similar to the container she used for the spirit oasis water so that if they get out there and she needs it, she'll have it.

The chances are good that she is also going to make a token effort to track down Buffy. She's heard enough about the last fight that she knows what happened there, and she wants to ask a few questions before heading out there - and she wants to hear about how this same mysterious Third Party General had died. It was the mystery that was bothering her - not knowing what they were really going up against or why they were really doing this. If she could talk to someone who'd fought them before, then maybe, maybe... the feeling of being used wouldn't be as strong and she'd be able to focus on what was really important.

She thinks about going over Caesar's house as well, but decides that a journal message will be good enough. He's probably busy preparing - or sleeping. And she had a feeling he wouldn't be able to do as much of that as he'd like, once they got out there.]

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Hey, Caesar. Ready for this?

[After her various conversations, she goes back home to make dinner and she, Sokka, and Toph have a surprisingly normal meal before slipping out a little earlier than normal for her accustomed practice time. She's not sure why they're going out to fight or why the 'why' bothers her so much - and she's a little scared, strung tense with nervous energy. The forms are soothing and precise and tonight there is just that extra edge, just that smallest bit of ruthless passion that gives away just how strongly the drums of her fathers beat within her - this is about war. And war is something Katara knows very well.

But when the sun starts to set she takes a break and takes a seat, watching it go down not thinking about very much at all. It's beautiful.]

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[Which she sees when she finally leaves their house. Probably having been clued in that he was there by the residents. She is a little hesitant, but... she should at least tell him about Sanji. And she did want to say goodbye. So she raises up a hand.]

Hey, Ginko. Mind if I come up?

[just... this smile, Katara]

Well.

It's not my roof.

[Blink, blink.

Ffffffff.

So she bends a stream of water to propel her up and leaps on to the roof. Landing easily, she calls the water back up and into her waterskin.]

Hi. [Sitting down beside you now, again a touch hesitantly and with at least a foot of space between them.]

Hey. [if he notices the hesitation, it doesn't show.] How's Sanji?

Better. [She gives him a glance, not sure what his part is in all of this, and equally unsure if he wants to hear more about what was wrong with him. He's better now, and isn't that the important part? There's a pause as she weighs what she wants to know - which is everything - with what she should know, which she's not sure about, with tomorrow and how she's going to need to focus.

And looking at him her heart feels heavy and she can't help but wonder if this was a good idea after all.]

...are you going to be around until he wakes up? [Is she talking to a doctor or a friend right now?]

[Ginko expression never changes-- just a quiet look of watching and waiting.] Yes, I will. [...what with the allied healers all shipping off to war. Not that he wouldn't have stuck around anyway, but this way he doesn't have to think about that.]

[and now the other question.] And how are you?

[it's asked gently. He doesn't want you to go, Katara-- but as far as he's concerned, expressing the slightest bit of discomfort or disapproval would be the height of selfishness, right now. She doesn't need to be uncertain-- all she's getting is support.]

[She bypasses his question about her for now, not out of any peevishness or reluctance - although the reluctance is certainly there - but because if he's staying to watch over Sanji he should know what she did to him.]

We figured it out - how the AI suppressed him. It tried to keep him alive but tear who he was out of him. I did what I could to help him, and I'd have liked to come back tomorrow to reinforce it, but... [But.] ...but that should be enough for him to heal on his own. If you're going to be working with Nala... I don't know if there's any way to check, but we can try to figure it out before I go, if you want.

[The "ai"? ...but he listens carefully, nodding. Letting the question go, for the moment.]

That... doesn't surprise me. [pause. It actually reminded him uncannily of things he's seen before. Inhumans in human skin.] I'm only glad the struggle between parasite and its host wasn't too much for him.

I'd appreciate it if you did. If you aren't too tired, before then.

[She nods.] We can go down now, if you want.

[Ginko stands-- with only a little extra effort, and nods.]

[Yeah, no. She's been watching everyone extra-closely since she realized how they would have had to take Sanji down. She's seen the way you move with one hand before. This isn't that. She doesn't move.]

Ginko?

[Explain yourself, sir.]

[he glances at her with a little surprise] Mm?

[whaaaaaaat?]

[And that, she's almost tempted to say 'Nothing.' Because - maybe it is nothing. It's not like she's studied his movements closely like she would have if she'd ever fought with him. Maybe she was just imagining that extra hesitance and caution.

...but it doesn't hurt to ask.

Because boys are not only gross, they're also idiots.]

Are you all right?

[Can you lie to those blue eyes?]

[not lie, maybe-- but not go into the details either.]

I am now. [a grave smile] I wasn't hurt anywhere near so badly as some of the others. [see? He can even get down from the roof with relative ease. Although one working arm is going to keep that "relative" in place for a while.]

[...Oi, not so fast! She follows with the ridiculous ease of a bender, landing next to him and tugging at his shirt sleeve.]

You were hurt? Let me take a look.

It's been healed pretty well. [apologetically. Not that there can be too much healing. Possibly. But too much fussing. 8|

He presses his hand where the wound was a little while ago. The healing magic here is pretty incredible-- the blade had cut deep, and the twisting did damage to muscle that should have left a permanent disability in his world.]

I'm sure it was but... [But she's going off to war and she's leaving people that she cares about behind, who are still hurt. And she already knows that he's upset with her for doing this and she feels like if she just could do something to help...]

I'd feel better if you let me.

[asdfsfgdfsg]

[m-mutter] If that's the case... [do your glowy thing, girl]

Thanks. [And she steps close, unlatching her waterskin, and coating her hands with it, places her hands where Ginko had indicated a wound.

...

...]

Ouch.

[All that damage even after Nala had helped? Well, fortunately, soothing out things after they've already been healed is something her healing is very, very good at. A touch here, an adjustment of flow there - a cool, relaxing sensation, spreading through Ginko's body...]

That should do it.

[She is not going to think about what made Sanji do this to him. Or else she is going to go back in that sick room and kick Sanji in the side.]

Ehh. [....sheepish look

Wow, that really does feel a bit better.]

Thank you. [slight smile]

[A bright smile - bright, focusing on him being there and alive and on Sanji being better so that she doesn't feel the need to go and break something because this happened. Bright, because she was able to help. And bright because... she knows she can't carry these things. She has to let them go.

Breathe.]

You're welcome.

[and much healing, and less awkwardness ensued. Ensued pleasantly, even, excepting the fact that Sanji looked a little deadish-- and didn't contribute much to the conversation.]

[And so they end up back outside, where it's a little bit quieter. It's starting to get towards the time where Katara will have to go, but she is dragging her feet a little.

Still, there isn't much left to say. And she's not one for hiding from what needs to be said.]

...I'll be all right, you know.

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[Ginko looks at her, a while-- with a faint smile.] Yeah.

I know.

[That isn't why it works up wrath in him to see you going.

But this isn't the time.]

I'll be listening for you. Take care of yourself. [and oh, does he mean that in more than avoiding bodily harm]

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