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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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I am truly sorry your friends have gone.

Though there's no need to compare your strengths to theirs. I am sure you have plenty of your own to cultivate.

Though I beg your pardon if this is an inappropriate question - what precisely do you mean that you are an Avatar?

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.

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.

[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.

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

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?

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.

It's horrible to watch...and experience....

It was used on-

...But you're a child.

I'm almost fifteen.

[He counters, sitting up a little straighter...which doesn't really help. His babyface and the fact that he'll never truly grow into his ears, will always be his undoing.]

Ah. My mistake. I apologize.

[He gives a small, apologetic incline of his head.]

You're still very young, however. That such a technique was used on you... it shouldn't be used on anyone, but still.

No it...it really shouldn't. The woman who invented the technique,...it's complicated.

Such things often are. Would you be willing to disclose the details?

It's not really my story to tell, but...Katara tells me that she learned the technique when held prisoner by the Fire Nation. There's a war going on where I'm from. That's been going on for a hundred years.

This woman was taken from her home as a girl, and learned how to manipulate the water in a person's body as a last resort to get free. But then she used it as an instrument of revenge...

I... see.

I can understand. Such an experience can change a person.

You and your friend are very brave to faced that. A century of war though... that's difficult to imagine. But that is your every-day reality?

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