Katara gave him a smile. "I'm glad to know that. Hello Ax: I have to damit I've never seen anyone like you before on the ship so far. If you don't mind me saying, you have to be one of the more beautiful beings on this ship. I know its forward, but the way you moved, and the sincerity in what you were doing: I felt it just by watching you. It reminded me a lot of some of the people back home, sages preparing for their own private worship of a spirit being, or a preparation of battle."

Katara sat cross legged. "This is the first time homesickness felt like a good thing. So could you tell me, WHY were you doing that ritual?"