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[Aang takes a slow measured breath before speaking.]

Hi. I'm Aang. I don't know if we've met yet, but...I'm hoping we do.

[He manages a small, hopeful smile that lasts for a fraction of a second. If you blink, you might miss it.]

Chances are good though, that you know some of my friends. General Iroh, Sokka, and Katara. They know a lot more people than I do, and so I want to make sure that all of them know that they went home.

[This is a lie. Aang doesn't know that they actually went home, but he's choosing to believe in the reality that they did. Because the thought of any of them being stuck in the void for who knows how long is...no. They're home. They're just home.]

Anyway, I know I'm not much of a substitute, seeing as I'm no where near as wise as Iroh, or mechanically inclined like Sokka, and I can't heal like Katara, but...I'm still an Avatar and I'd like to help.

So if there's anything that they were doing that you'd still need help with? Or that just needs doing? I'd love to try.

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[His smile broadens.]

I'll be there!

When? Now?

[Because...that's a thing he could do now. He's not doing much of anything else now.]

No no, it's okay...and um...thank you. For what you said about my friends. I appreciate that.

Normally, I would be the Avatar, but...this place is kind of weird. Um...the Avatar is the one person in a generation that can control all four elements. Normally, some people only have the ability to control one of them. We're then tasked with keeping the world in balance. The Avatars, I mean.

You're welcome.

[He offers a small smile.]

He's a good and very wise man. Plus he tells the greatest stories.

I don't doubt for a second that she is. I'm sure she'd have said good bye if she'd been able.

That's quite an achievement, especially for someone so young. In my world, there is a master of the Blood Arts who is able to control wind and fire, though it's taken him years and years of training. You seem to have a true talent there.

If...you are not busy, that would be wonderful.

[Raine smiles back. It's not wholly cheerful, but it's an attempt.]

Stories never came into it much, regrettably. We spoke of magic and bending, often, or how to prepare for the problems of the future.

I'm... glad to have had the opportunity to know him.

Me too.

He's a complicated man, who had a complicated history, and my life is so much better for having gotten to know him.

Do you know magic?

[His eyes widen with shock at the mention of Blood Arts. Then they narrow in wary confusion.]

We have masters of blood arts in my world, but...it's got nothing to do with air or fire.

My apologies if I've caused offense. It would seem the term 'blood arts' has very different connotations in your world. In my own, it's the manipulation of one's own blood into the form of a weapon, as well as the unique effects it can cause. It's highly effective in the sealing or destruction of vampires.

[Raine nods agreement, to the pieces about Iroh. It's as apt a summation as any. And she'll remember him. As long as she can.]

Yes, I do. I use healing artes primarily, but I have some skill with light, as well.

My name's Raine Sage; I run the Healers' Guild.

[...that just raises a few more questions. he's impressed, yes, but-]

What about things that don't fall in to those categories? Are those just uncontrollable?

[Aang's head tilts to one side.]

Like....what kinds of things?

I...sure. I've gotten the word out. Let me just get my glider.

No no, it's okay. It's just...different. And it took me by surprise. That's all.

I used to volunteer at the hospital a long time ago. In the Children's Ward.

I'm Aang.

Still, you have my apologies for alarming you. What exactly do 'Blood Arts' entail in your world, if that's not too forward a question?

[Glider? But if he was the Avatar, then perhaps it had to do with air? Wan could manipulate the air, so his reincarnation most likely could too.]

Ok.

[Now that he mentions it, he does look at least a little familiar.]

It's nice to meet you, Aang.

[Better reasons would be nice, but beggars can't be choosy.]

What are you doing now?

[In both of their defenses, it was several years ago for Aang, and he's looking a little different these days than he did when he first arrived.]

[Or at least he likes to think so.]

Like right now now? Or now in general now?

In general. [She'd thought his current activity was obvious, but perhaps she should have been more specific.]

I haven't seen you much since then, though I suppose beyond work I... don't get out much.

[That's somewhere between wry and rueful.]

I'll uh...

[He pauses to look around the room behind him.]

I'll be there shortly.

[And with that his screen clicks off.]

[Aang is pensive as he glides towards the hotel. He's not entirely sure what to expect when he sees this woman. Will it be like all the other times he's encountered people and places that have meant something to his past lives? Will he just know? Or will it be more like a pull, like the sensation he had with Korra and Wan? Or...something all together different than either of those?]

[He's just not sure.]

[And so when he lands, clicks his glider-staff closed, and walks into the hotel...he's not entirely sure what he's walking into...]

thankyou.

[He says it quietly, and then turns away.]

Bloodbending...is...it's using waterbending to make puppets out of other people against their will.

Ah. Yes. I can see how such a thing would inspire dread. Waterbending would be the manipulation of water, yes? And the average human is about seventy five percent water... yes. I can see how that would work.

Forcing a person to act in a way against their will is savage indeed.

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