"There's that," Katara said, "And also, it is the natural climate for my teacher too. I train here from time to time as homage to them, although this place is actually not from their memory, but mine, One day we got stranded here, and it took us a long time to get out: we were half starved, dehydrated and low in spirits. Coming back here, I try to see how much longer I can last."

Katara nodded. "It was pretty bad during the day, actually. We all had to a lot of desert to walk through."