Back to the ship

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Whatever the mission had been, it seemed to be over, and Katara had understood well enough where she had to go: it was the first place she'd started to realize Aang was on the ship: the Statuary.

There was a lot to think about, especially after seeing Matt how he was. When she talked to Sokka, she could tell that Aang was pretty upset too. So at the moment, she had two guys who were feeling pretty rotten right now, and she was responsible. She could only imagine what the other GAang thought of her, and the rest of the trip, even with her friends around, felt fairly miserable. Once she got home, she had gone to her room in the Outsiders suite and had a long, restless sleep. What was Aang thinking, how was Matt dealing with things?

So now she was in the place where she had first laid eyes on the statue of older Aang. She was here with Zhin, who had felt her emotions and was staying by her for awhile. She sat by Aang's statue, quietly wondering what would happen when he found her.

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And when he left, she waited. Zhin had been there, loyally at her side, waiting. Katara was still unsure what planet she came from, but somehow this space"dog" knew how she was feeling, and knew it had taken a lot to keep this face up, the idealism and the faith she would be with him.

And when he left, she could let all of that go, and collapse, crying hard. Zhin had sensed this was coming: if anything, she may have been preparing for a time where her owner would come to the brink of this, and stayed by her side. She was strong when she had to be, but there was a sense that there were going to be times her owner faulted, and she was here for that.

"Let's go," she said softly to the space dog. "There's nothing keeping us here. Thank you, Zhin. I needed someone, and they couldn't speak for me. Matt will be mad at me for it, but I'll make him understand. It needed to just be me."

She held on hard to the pets fur, her legs still feeling weak.

"W-we have to plan for the Outsiders, and I should spend some time with Negi." She voice sounded far away to her, almost as if she were underwater. "I'm tired."