INT. KANNA'S DINNING ROOM - LATE EVENING
KATARA burst's through her grandmother's door.
KATARA: (excited) Gran Gran! You'll never guess!
HAKODA: (mild scolding) There you are! We were beginning to wonder. Where are the supplies your grandmother sent you out for?
KATARA: (embarrassed) Oh... uh, I must have left them.
KANNA: (a bit annoyed) Never mind. I made due without; always have. Come, sit.
Katara takes her seat with HAKODA and PAKU who are sitting cross legged on furs and blankets on the floor. KANNA finishes filling everyone's bowls and the men dig right in. The men look tired and hungry but their spirits rise as they fill their bellies. Katara, realizing she has just looked quite childish by being late and forgetting the ingredients, relinquishes some of her excitement as she takes a sip of the soup. She still holds the letter in a death grip. Paku waterbends some more soup into his and Hakoda's bowls as he begins to speak.
PAKU: The port is coming along beautifully Kanna. I'll have to show it off to you.
KANNA: (sipping soup calmly) That would be nice dear.
PAKU: I didn't see you there today, Katara. Decided to help your Grandmother instead?
Awkward silence.
KATARA: (slowly) I received a message-
HAKODA: (interrupting) -Is it from Sokka? Tell him we need him down here. It's honorable that he is helping other nations recover from the war but his place is here, with his people.
KATARA: (agitated) Sokka's with Suki in Earth Kingdom Dad. The sailors bring us a letter from him almost every week.
HAKODA: Well, Paku and I were both agree that Sokka needs to come home. He has lots to learn if he is to become chief of our tribe one day.
KATARA: (curtly) Perhaps you should write to him then.
HAKODA: (chuckles) With all the work that needs to be done, there is no time to write. Besides now that you are helping your grandmother, you should have time to send him a message. Katara slams her bowl on the rugs, letter still in hand.
KATARA: (angerly) The letter was from the Fire Nation! From Zuko! He is requesting Aang's and my help.
PAKU: (calmly) Can't the fire lord deal with his own affairs?
KATARA: (rising from floor) Since when was it a bad thing to depend on the Avatar's aid? When Aang returns we're leaving for Fire Nation! Katara storms out of the igloo, leaving the others surprised in her wake.
