"Sooooo Ikki, just how did you know there were 10,554 trees on the Island?"
Bolin was doing his best imitating stare, arms crossed leaning down and forward to stare at Ikki. She was showing him the air temple gates, running around talking at a mile a minute. She never stopped as she answered.
"10,552 and Grandpa planted them all, and there's one for each Air Nomad that died in the War, and that one is Monk Gyatso's tree, and that's one's Sister Lio, and that's one Monk Pasaang and…" Ikki created her own air scooter, pointing every tree that she knew the name of and the ones she had named herself, and the ones Jinora named from the books she had read. But Bolin just sat stunned. 10,552?
"Are all the trees named?" Ikki stopped, pouting in thought. "Nope. Grandpa didn't know the name of every single Air Nomad, so some are named for friends, like that one is Jet's tree and that one is Aunt Suki's tree and" Bolin held up a hand. "Wait up, not all the the trees are named for Airbenders?" Ikki shook her head. "Nope, just all the people we love,and the trees can reach all the way into the sky and collect rainbows and show how much we love them and one day we'll all sit in the clouds and sing songs and drink lychee juice and EVERYONE IS HAPPY FOREVER!" She whirled herself in the air, and Bolin swore there was glitter in the air when she did. He grabbed her hand and she looked at him curiously, tilting her head. Bolin spit his question out as fast he could, betting it would be denied.
"Aretheretwotreestogetherthat Icouldname?Formymomanddadsotheycanhaver ainbowsandlycheejuicetoo?"
She pouted and then smiled, nodding furiously even as she dragged him Tenzin took his evening walk, he noticed a strange monument between two trees, almost hidden from the path. A rock was raised, with two names burned in. Nothing else, just two names. Tenzin picked up two leaves, laying them on top of the rock. "Father, I hope you can find them and tell them how wonderful their sons turned out."
A sudden breeze blew by, picking up the two leaves, taking them far into the sky, disappearing into the clouds.