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[The video flickers on to show a large pair of blinking blue eyes, and relays a voice muffled by the ridiculously close proximity to the microphone. ]

“--ng supposed to what? Oh.”

[The blue eyes are suddenly pulled back to a much more comfortable distance, and a girl comes into view, her brows bent as she skeptically looks toward the camera. She looks really tired and worn out...she's new here.]

“Yeah, I guess I’m not really used to the idea of this thing…” [A sigh, and a curl of the shoulders in a shrug. It won't hurt to try, at least.]

[Her expression quickly mellows into a calm but forced bright smile, though worry stays rooted behind a professional, gentle stoic of deep blue.]

“I’m Katara,” [she explains, motioning a slender hand toward her chest.] “And, um.. I guess I’m new here." [Under her breath, she adds:] "Even if… this is a really bad time…”

[She sighs and shakes her head, her brows furrowing as she looks into the camera to explain. Her arms wrap around her absently.]

“A close friend of mine got hurt while protecting me, and I was going to heal him, but now I’m here and I don’t know what’s happened to him. O-Or any of the others…”

[Her eyes widen a little, and she looks down for a moment as if realizing something else as the last words leave her mouth, then returns her gaze to the camera, filled with an urgent determination.]

“Please, if any of you have any news on my world, could you tell me?”

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What?

[Katara's eyes narrow a little, and she shakes her head in disbelief. Stress and tiredness doesn't wear well on her.]

How could that possibly be a good thing!? I can't do anything about it now, but I know that it happened!? I mean-- [She's teary again]-- What if he died because I couldn't get there? What if Azula becomes Fire Lord, and Aang fails to defeat FIre Lord Ozai, and what about my brother? And Toph and Suki!? What about them!?

[She pauses, trying to catch up on her breathing after her spiel.]

What if I'm dead?

[...spirits that was not what he meant at all.]

What? No. NO! That's not what I-

[Quick have to save this.]

Zuko is fine! And so is Aang! He doesn't die until decades later! Well, I don't know when Zuko dies, but Aang lives for at least fifty more years because Korra talks about you...

But ah, Zuko is here! And he's alive! And so is Aang!

[Yay?]

[She visibly relaxes a little when he assures her that they're okay--though she does flinch a little at his explanation after.]

They're here? Where?

[It's obvious she has to know now]

And who's Korra? Who are you?

Ah.... They're probably at their homes or the hospital or... somewhere.

[He wasn't sure exactly where they were. Well, he could figure Aang out if he concentrated, but that was a meeting that he should have the chance to arrange.]

And um, Korra is someone you'll meet eventually. But me?

[This was an easier answer.]

I'm Wan. I'm from a long time in the past from your time. And you're from a long time in the future from mine.

But they're here.

[That alone is enough to set her a little more at ease, though she won't believe it until she sees it.]

Can you take me to them? Or do you know of any way I could see them soon?

[That would be best. Yes. Absolutely. She nods at the idea of meeting this 'Korra,'--its intriguing, she supposes, to be told she'll be meeting someone; Korra must be a big deal-- but looks even more confused over Wan's explanation.]

You're from my past...? I guess they brought you here too, then...

[It makes sense, she supposes, though it's hard to wrap her mind around it... They did bring her here, afterall, and supposedly Aang and Zuko....Sigh.]

Well... I guess it's nice to not be the only one from my world here...I'd still really like to see the others, though, if I can.

Yeah, the very distant past. Don't worry about it. We never meet in my lifetime.

[Aang's and Korra's on the other hand...]

I can definitely get you to Aang. He's easier to find. And if you want to see Zuko, I can get a message to him, too. He can join us after we get to Aang.

Oh... well, at least this way we can meet, I guess.

[A shrug. He seems like a nice guy. An even nicer guy when he offers to take her to her friends.]

That would be great! Ah-- I'm in the wood district...I mean, um, if you mean right now.

I am, too. Mu-Hao.

[He grinned brightly.]

Which housing complex are you in? I'll come over get you.

Oh, good! I'm in Mu-Xian, Ah... 3...B? I guess I could meet you outside? You know... if that's easier.

[That might be better. She's suddenly flustered at the idea of this man coming to pick her up... She doesn't even know him! Almost nervously, she flexes her wrist a little, trying to 'feel' for her bending... it's still not as strong as it could be, she finds.]

I can find your window.

[Wan gave a wave and turned the computer-thing off.

Very shortly later, a knock came from one of the windows in Katara's suite. Upon investigation, she would find Wan standing there. On a cloud.

He smiled brightly and waved.]

Hi. Do you mind flying? It's faster.

Windo--??

[She blinked as he disappeared from the screen, then rose and switched her own off, drawing both hands over her face as she leaned back against a wall. There was just so much... She shook her head and reminded herself that she would soon be with friends--her alive friends!-- again, and that was all that mattered.]

[When Wan arrived, Katara jumped, startled by the knock. Sure enough, he had found her window, and she opened it slowly, staring very obviously at the cloud below his feet before her eyes snapped up to his face.

...oh.]

Ah... Sure?

[She returns his smile, blushing a bit. She's never exactly traveled by cloud.]

[Wan leaned down, offering his hand to help her over.]

It'll hold us both, don't worry. I will have to hold onto you while we're flying, but it won't be for that long. I'm pretty sure Aang's at the hospital. And Zuko should be meeting us there, too.

[Assuming Rio'era actually passed the message along to her sister properly. He didn't think "Aang's at the hospital, meet me there." could be messed up too much. It was really simple.]

[Yeah, sure, okay. Last time she had let someone hold her during travel had been with... ugh...

And yet her reaction might as well have been the same. Sort of. Taking his hand, she climbed out of her window--awkwardly, and stumbling a little more than she deemed necessary-- and onto the cloud, tensing a little at his explanation.]

At the hospital? Is he okay? Oh, and thank you. For helping me out.

[If that got her to blush, the surprisingly strong arm (because his limbs are practically noodles despite the muscle tone) snaking around her waist to hold her firmly as he let the cloud spin idly away from the window would probably 'kill' her. Wan waited for her to adjust herself so she was at least a little comfortable while he answered. Once they were flying - really flying - it would be hard to talk effectively.]

He like to volunteer there. Play with the kids. Sometimes he has to go in for a healing session because of the wound he had when he was brought here, but he's been here a few months, so he's doing pretty well. Don't worry too much. He's not in danger of dying or falling over in a light breeze.

Are you ready?

[Blushing wouldn't begin to describe it, though she refused to acknowledge it--though her body language betrayed her completely as she tensed again-- and instead simply shifted her weight to her other foot so she could 'comfortably' stand beside him with his arm around her waist. She nodded as he explained that Aang was there to play with children... that made sense, and sounded like him.

She was only able to meet his gaze at the idea of Aang being wounded.]

Wound?! What wound?

[He was okay, great, but wounded?! And he'd been there longer...? Despite her worry and confusion, Katara nodded. She'd find everything out soon enough, she supposed.]

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I'll let him explain.

[Wan said back, smiling a reassuring smile at her.]

Now hang on tight.

[That was the only warning he gave before launching them skyward. Up over the trees of the Wood Sector and toward the hospital. If nothing else, she got a great view of the city. Or Wan's neck. Whichever she ended up looking at.]

[His short warning was just enough, and as the cloud flew forward, she clung to him, her gaze falling to the city below them in wonder.]

Whoa...

[The ride was fast and short. There was enough ground to cover to make cloudwalking the better option, but not enough that they spent more than handful of minutes in the air. Wan brought them down fast and dropped them to the ground with ease. He made sure to tuck an arm under Katara's knees before landing so she wouldn't have to worry about trying to find her balance with the sudden stop.

Once on the ground, he let her down and pulled his arms away, then started to lead them inside.]

Aang knows I'm coming. So he should be waiting for us.

[Well, for Wan. Aang only knew Wan was coming because he could feel Wan the same way he could feel Korra's presence. Though so far Wan had yet to be able to tell the two apart. It was only the direction the two echoes of himself, of Raava's light, came from that gave him and idea of who was who.]

[Not long after Wan and Katara arrive at the hospital, Zuko decides to burst in on the scene. He's moving quickly, just short of running as he barges in. His sights instantly going to Wan, from whom the message had been sent via turtle.]

Where's Aang?! What happened to-

[And its then that he notices the girl that the Avatar is with, and Zuko stops in his tracks, blinking in disbelief.]

Katara?

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[windblown and still blushing, the girl stepped away from Wan as soon as her feet hit the ground. After gathering her wits as best she could, she looked around, leaning to look around the Avatar at the sudden familiar voice.]

Zuko!

[Once she had gotten around Wan, Zuko could expect her arms going around his neck as soon as she could get to him. ]

You're okay!

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[Zuko blinks and stares for a moment, but when she comes to hug him, he puts his arms around her and hugs her back.]

Yeah, I'm fine.

...

Are you okay?

[She draws back to look at him better, to make sure he's really okay, then nods slowly and hugs him again, even tighter than before.]

Because of you. If you hadn't redirected that lightning.... I'd be...

[Cue tearbending]

I was trying to get to you so I could heal you they brought me here. I wasn't sure if you were going to make it or not!

[Zuko smiles when she pulls back but then grimaces when Katara throws herself at him again and hugs him even tighter.]

Ugh... careful. I'm still healing.

Oh! Ah--sorry!

[He lets him go and steps back, her expression apologetic before it switches to concern. Tentatively, she reaches out and allows her hand to hover over his chest as if asking permission.]

Are you okay, Zuko? They said my bending would come back--I can try to help if you need me to.

Don't push yourself.

[Wan quietly interrupted the reunion.]

Korra's already seen to him at least once. He can wait for you to help him until your bending is back to normal in the next couple days.

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