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Katara of the Southern Water Tribe (k_waterbender) wrote in mirage_rpg,

“A regular wolf? Katara asked skeptically. Was there even a such thing? Perhaps long ago, but she had never seen a regular wolf. Perhaps in his world single-species animals were more common than the hybrid ones in her world. “Nature channel?” She asked next. “What is that?” His words were so strange.

Then he told her what he did as his job, and he almost completely lost her. The terminology he used was unlike the language she heard used in her home. She obviously understood that the name of the place was supposed to indicate things getting better. Though the words “terminal” and “drug” were unknown she understood care and addict. Slowly- very slowly- her thinking progressed to incorporate the idea that it was some sort of healing place. Feeling the need to make sure she asked, “Is a clinic like a healing hut? Is a doctor supposed to be a healer, while an orderly keeps people doing their jobs to maintain order?” Even with her questions she couldn’t help but to note the bitter tones in which he spoke. Was he upset that being here was life or death, or the fact that he would never be able to fulfill what he worked toward, or both? Probably both.

After taking another drink of her tea she said, “I’m a healer, too. I was burned once, and I discovered a way to heal myself with waterbending. It takes ten years of training for your people to become healers?” She was amazed it would possibly take so long. That was the better portion of a person’s life. Katara kindly left out the fact that she became a talented healer within a matter of months.

Feeling his eyes on her, she lifted sapphire optics to meet his. “Yes. There was a huge war that lasted one hundred years. The Fire Nation became greedy and wanted to conquer the other three nations so it would have control over the world. It obliterated the Air Nomads before my parents were even born. The war reduced the Southern Water Tribe to only a couple dozen people, but the Northern Water Tribe was their real goal. However, they couldn’t defeat them. So, they went after the second most powerful Nation. All over the Earth Kingdom villages were destroyed and cities were taken. When the capitol Ba Sing Se fell to the Fire Nation’s control it was horrible. The Avatar defeated the Fire Lord a short while later, though, and ever since we’ve been helping people in the Earth Kingdom recover. Now that the rule of the Fire Nation has been passed on to a kind leader, the Fire Nation has also been helping the people it harmed.” It was strange actually having to explain the war to someone. The last time she had had to do that was when she was fourteen and met Aang for the first time. He had no idea what had happened, but they learned together exactly what had been done to all of the nations.

When he asked her, hesitantly, if she was from Earth her brows cinched together. She had just told him about the Earth Kingdom. Why did he ask her again? Suddenly it became somewhat clear to her and her brows relaxed. “Is Earth the name of your home world? In truth, there is no actual name for where I’m from, other than the names of the nations. Before I arrived here I only thought there were two worlds: the World of the Living and the Spirit World. In fact, I thought I’d gone to the Spirit World when I first came. I know better now. The Southern Water Tribe is in the south pole of my world, though.”

Katara thought a moment. Even though she had never experienced his world, and therefore wouldn’t know where Canada had been in relation to any other place, it would still be interesting to know what sort of climate he’d lived in before he’d arrived. “Where is your Canada in the world… Earth… that you’re from? Is it in the Southern parts of your world, too?” With another drink of her tea, she drained the liquid from the mug.