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[And this early evening, the journal will pick up the sound of one small British girl muttering to herself.]

Well, this is very rude. It didn't snow last autumn, you know. I think I ought to complain.

[Huff. Followed by a small ow, barely heard. And silence. Then finally:]

Oh! [And the journal is picked up finally. Because you, the townsfolk, should know the answer to this question. Clearly.] Did we get visited by aliens in the night? I think I've been experimented on. [Okay, that is totally the best thing ever.] I hope they looked like Elvis clones.

Has anyone seen my cat?

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I'll find you soon, then.

[Katie will move, though. She's at least heading in a general village-ward direction. May be distracted every now and then by random oddities like... balancing snowflakes on her nose or something.]

[Yes, well, eventually she'll have a hawk fly overhead, screech at her, then take off back in the direction it came from. This means it won't be long til Sokka shows up.]

[Katie is a little cold by now, though at least her sweater has long sleeves. She's hugging herself when Sokka appears out of the trees and still looking up because she swears she just heard a hawk.

But she looks around when she hears him. Ah!] And here I thought you weren't going to budge an inch. What a liar.

I know. I'm terrible, right? I think you're a bad influence.

[Look what he has! It's... a blanket! He's holding it out wide so he put it around her. But you know what? He's actually rather happy to see her again. Go figure, huh?]

[Her eyes light up at the blanket. So warm!]

Oh, I'm a terrible influence. Next you'll be telling the truth all the time. [She's just going to snuggle into that blanket up to her nose if she can, okay.]

Wow. That would be terrible, wouldn't it? You'd always know what I mean.

[Snuggle away. He's just going to take a moment to ensure she has shoes. No way she's walking the rest of the way back barefoot.]

[She does have a nice sturdy pair of shoes. And socks! The Malnosso were nice enough to leave her clothes out with her.]

I know. I wouldn't have to guess all the time, and then where would the fun be?

Somewhere else, that's for sure.

[Well, he calls Hawky back so that the bird can ride his shoulder.]

So... ready to go?

Never. [Staring curiously at that bird.] Did you always have a bird?

Well. For a good while anyway. You never saw him before?

Oh, plenty of times. I just didn't know it was yours.

[She can't stop staring at it.

...cat pouncing instincts. 8| See how well behaved she is.]

[Don't make an enemy, Katie! It would eat you in your kitten form.]

Well, I guess the whole red Fire Nation hawk kind of clashes with my usually stylish blue Water Tribe clothes, huh?

[And thus her nemesis in Luceti was assured!]

You have a nation made of fire?

Oh, yeah. It's terrible. You can't walk down the street without bursting into flames. But the beaches are nice.

You could stay on the beach all the time and cook marshmallows. How do people live there?

On their tip-toes.

They must look like fiery ballerinas then, going everywhere like that.

Sure. Feel free to call Zuko that the next time you see him.

Zuko's the one with the eyepatch, isn't he?

Close. Very close. Except in the sense I don't remember us ever having someone around with an eyepatch.

Are you sure? I saw him take it off once.

And I think you're making things up again.

You should know I never make things up by now.

Uh huh. [SO SKEPTICAL.]

Oh, hey. Town ahead. Hungry?

[...this is one of those times where she wished her stomach would growl on command, really.]

Not at all. I only ate a few days ago.

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