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I really didn't believe them when they said it. Why should I have? It just sounded so…Outlandish. I thought they were joking about his size, I mean come on…A ten ton bison that flies? How likely was that? They told me that the bison had horns and was as big as a house, but I didn't actually believe it until I saw it.
And let me tell you…It was big.
"Katara, meet Appa." Aang chirped, his love for the animal evident in his voice.
I don't know why they called him a bison; he didn't look like any bison's I've seen. Last time I checked, bison didn't have tails like that one did. Beavers did, big furry-tailed beavers. Or a furry platypus. But I couldn't very well call him a flying platypus, could I? Beavers aren't majestic enough for this animal, he was, at the very least, ten tons, but as he took off into the air, he was graceful and feather-light.
Aang cheered away as Appa did a little loop and came back down to land. "Want to ride him?" he asked with a smile.
I looked at the animal warily; it could roll over and crush me any minute. But if Aang trusted him then why shouldn't I? Aang was the wise and all powerful avatar; I could trust him with anything, even my safety. At least, that's what I was telling myself as I nodded and followed him around to the back of the animal, avoiding his multiple legs of course.
With a bit of trepidation, I climbed up the bison's tail like a ramp, and situated myself on the saddle.
Aang smiled at me and sat on the bison's head, right between the horns. "Yip, Yip!" he yelled and snapped the reins.
I sucked in a breath and held it in my lungs as Appa pushed off the ground. With a swish of his massive tail, we were off.
I expected to be terrified, but I wasn't. I can't even say I was even the least bit frightened. In fact, it was absolutely thrilling. I found myself letting go of the death grip I had on the saddle so I could stretch my arms out, letting the wind whip my already messy hair and clothes around. It was like walking on clouds, and although I preferred keeping my two feet planted on the ground, this was just so… There weren't any words that could describe how I felt at this moment. Appa flew over the grove and rose higher and higher in the air, but the ride was over all too soon, and we were on the ground again in minutes.
"Its great, right?" he asked, the smile never leaving his face.
"Exhilarating." I agreed, grinning from ear to ear. How could you go through that and not have a huge, dorky smile on your face.
"Want to talk to him?" he jumped down and stood next to Appa's head.
"He can talk?" I asked him, my voice heavy with skepticism.
"Sure you can, right boy?" The avatar stroked the bison's cheek and let out a groan in reply.
"Right…" I walked up to Appa's face and stroked his cheek just like Aang had done. He seemed docile enough, and his eyes…they seemed wise and intelligent. I knew that he understood everything we were saying perfectly. I could definitely get used to Appa, and I wouldn't have to walk much anymore either.
"Come on, let's get back before everyone wakes up." He suggested. Appa grumbled in agreement.
The only one who was awake when we returned to camp was Lee- I mean Zuko. But that wasn't surprising at all; he hadn't been in the camp when Aang and I awoke. I first thought that he had run off, maybe it was all too much for him. Last night they had told me what had happened between them and Zuko, so maybe he thought I would bite his head off at any chance I got.
I ran my fingers through my hair to get out the tangles while Aang chatted away about Appa, but I was only thinking of last night.
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"Well, I was out fishing with my new boat…" he began "And I got really angry and threw my pole into the ocean for reasons I won't get into…"
"Probably wasn't catching anything." Toph piped in with a laugh. I cleared my voice to cover my own chuckle and gestured to a frustrated Sokka to continue.
He glared at Toph, "You know what? Forget it! Long story short, I hit an underwater mine that was left over from the war, there was a huge explosion and an iceberg popped up, there was a big light, and the Avatar was in the ice." He said in a big huff.
Zuko was holding back so much laughter that his face was turning red.
"Uh…"Aang didn't know what to do. "Thank you…I think I'll continue from there."
"Fine." Sokka folded his arms across his chest and furrowed his brows.
"When I got out, I had to tell him I was the Avatar to get him to stop trying to kill me. I think he thought I was Fire Nation. I gave him a ride back to the village on Appa; even though I was still pretty sure he wanted to kill me." He gave Sokka a smile and went on. "When I got to the village, everyone was amazed that I was an airbender."
Sokka took over. "So this guy…" he pointed at Zuko. "Comes along and demands we give him the Avatar, or else he'll destroy the whole town-"
"You forgot the part where I kicked your butt." Zuko cut in from his position in the circle. I couldn't help but notice that he was facing sideways, away from the fire. It was like he was trying to shut himself out or make himself appear as small as possible (which would be difficult if he kept making these funny comments).
He scowled at Zuko. "Would you like to tell the story?" Without waiting for an answer, he spoke. "So Zuko starts spitting out fire until Aang goes with him, although I could have easily gotten rid of him..."
Both Zuko and Toph snorted.
His expression seemed permanently set on glare at this point. "They left and I realized my boomerang was still on Appa, so I had to go and find the bison- which was surprisingly hard considering how big he was. So when I did, the beast took off with me still on it! He must have known where Aang was because the next thing I knew, I was thrown onto Zuko's boat-"
"War ship." Zuko corrected.
Sokka glanced at him. "Boat, and I was being attacked by soldiers! So I was surrounded on all sides by firebenders and armed soldiers, all after one thing…my life. The only thing between them and me were my boomerang and war clubs-"
I wouldn't insult your intelligence by making you listen to his…interesting summary. It turns out they escaped, but just barely. The avatar fell off the ship and when he came back up he beat them all and ruined the ship. They also mentioned something about the avatar state, but I didn't question it further.
Sokka had agreed to continue on with the avatar for three reasons. The first was that the avatar had saved his life, and he was bound by honor to repay him someway, this seemed to be the perfect way. The second reason was because Sokka hadn't had that much fun or seen that much action in his whole life. He wanted to become a better warrior, and it was guaranteed he'd get a lot of practice if he stuck around with Aang. And last, the avatar was supposed to save the world, and in turn, save his tribe from future attacks. If he didn't help and the Avatar failed, he would consider it to be his fault. He had the chance to help and he didn't. What if he had made the difference between victory and defeat?
After that, they had visited a few islands, but they were vague on the details except that Zuko had followed them the whole time. They even went to a fire nation island, I think they called it Crescent Island, and there they found out about a comet that would give the Fire Nation enough power to win the war. After that, Sokka had implemented a strict rule along with one rule: no more screwing around. He was set on the idea of having Aang master the elements as quickly as possible, and defeating the Fire Nation before the summer's end. All of the little trips ended and they were to act very serious from then on.
Aang cut in at this point and explained how they had traveled directly to the Northern Water Tribe so that he could find a teacher. He had found a master named Pakku and learned to waterbend. He had been taught for a few weeks before they found out that the Fire Nation was on their way to attack. With nothing else to do, he went to a spiritual oasis so he could speak to Avatar Roku. But since no one was there to protect him, Zuko was able to walk in and take him.
I glanced over to Zuko and saw that he was very quiet, no longer making little comments. He had a kind of sober expression on his face.
Aang was found not too long after and they captured Zuko, which was an interesting turn of events. The Avatar fought off the Fire Nation by going into something called the Avatar state, where he would get these incredible powers, and they got out of there as quickly as possible since the Fire Nation now knew for certain he was alive, and they also knew where he was.
"After this, Zuko just drops out of the picture and we meet Azula."
"I thought you captured him." I said, remembering they had him in the North.
"Well, things got really crazy and we ended up loosing him somewhere along the way."
I raised my eyebrows at that. How could you just loose someone? Especially if they are your enemy, wouldn't you want to keep your eye on them?
"Azula is definitely worse than Zuko." Sokka mentioned, getting back to the story. "I never said this out loud before, but I even started missing Zuko…" he shivered violently.
"Me too." They were quiet for a moment before Aang continued. "anyways, Sokka's schedule demanded that we go find an earthbending teacher, so we went to Omashu and found an old friend, but he couldn't teach me, he said I needed to 'find someone who waits and listens before striking'."
"I guess we found her." Sokka added.
Aang looked at Toph and smiled. "I guess we did..."
"I wish we could have found her sooner, we looked everywhere, but we found no masters." Sokka sighed and rubbed his neck tiredly.
"So what was Zuko doing during all of this?" I asked.
Aang shrugged and Sokka made a strange noise. "He was probably terrorizing villages or something."
I glanced at Zuko to see his reaction. To anyone else, he would have appeared stoic, but I knew differently. I've spent weeks arguing with him, I knew when something really got to him. And this one definitely did. "What were you doing?"
He looked at me with an off expression. "Terrorizing villages." He answered.
I could tell a lie when I heard one, but for this one I didn't even need to try. He was hiding something. Lots of something's, and I wanted to know every last one of them.
But why? I shouldn't care. I should hate him.
Most of the time I had known him we had been arguing, so why did I care? The whole time we had known each other, we've only had a few good days, but those days had been great. Was that why it was so hard to stay angry at him? Because of those days? Did those good days completely cancel out the ones spent arguing?
Gods…why couldn't I stay mad at him for more than a day or two? Back home I had been known for my grudges, but why was he so different? He was like a puzzle I wanted to solve. A very annoying puzzle. I wasn't even mad at him for all that he did to Aang and Sokka, I hadn't even known them until today, so to me, the past is the past (unless it directly concerns me).
Could it be that I didn't have a reason to be angry at him? He was right; he couldn't have known that I knew of his past, his Nation. Would I have done the same if I was in his position? He had a brand new chance with me, a person who didn't even know what the Fire Nation was, would I have told if I were him? Probably not. I would have wanted a fresh start, a new chance.
"See?" Sokka shouted, rousing me from my thoughts. "The next time I saw him, he had followed his sister and he and his uncle helped us fight."
Lee flinched at the mention of his uncle, I added this to the growing list of things I wanted to know about him.
"After a while we ended up in Ba Sing Se, and saw that the Fire Nation was trying to break through the wall, so Aang uses his awesome Avatar magic and stops him, no thanks to me."
"You guys have the worst luck with things like that. Everywhere you go the Fire Nation shows up." I commented.
"Yeah we do."
"Then we had to practically fight our way to the Earth King and we wouldn't have even got to him if Aang hadn't have done this water-air bending move and kicked some serious butt, we never would have made it inside."
Apparently, the king hadn't even known of the war, he didn't even believe them until he saw the drill for himself. Once they got his support, they went on search for an earthbending teacher, but to no avail, they still couldn't find one suitable. They were about to leave again when Azula popped up out of nowhere again and had some Earth Kingdom soldiers called the Dai Li capture Sokka and throw him in some kind of cave thing with Zuko.
I'd like to point out that throwing Zuko and Sokka into a cave wasn't the smartest thing in the world, especially if you wanted them to be alive in the end. They had fought, of course, and Sokka had been injured.
"Actually," Zuko had cut in. "Sokka was the one trying to kill me; I barely lifted a finger towards him."
"But then why was Sokka so much worse for off when we finally found you?" Aang asked curiously.
Sokka blushed and when Zuko spoke, his voice sounded strained. "Well, Sokka had…" he choked out a small laugh. "He kind of hurt himself… I don't think I put one bruise on him, he just clumsy."
Aang looked away before Sokka could see his smile. "I had the help of Zuko's uncle, so we found them easily. But when we were trying to escape, Azula found us. Azula and Zuko joined forces and fought together, and we would have lost had Zuko's uncle not come along. We wouldn't have gotten away if it weren't for him."
When Aang turned quiet, Sokka continued. They had gone to the Fire Nation briefly and Sokka had taught himself 'the way of the sword', but soon returned to the Earth Kingdom in search for an earthbending teacher. I asked why, and they said that he had to learn the elements in their order since they fed off of each other, so they couldn't learn fire before earth.
"So that's everything until now." Aang had sighed and yawned.
When I looked up, I was surprised to see that it was actually very dark, and we had been talking for a very long time. I forced everyone to go to sleep, and eventually drifted off myself.
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Zuko looked up when we entered camp, but glanced away quickly. I bit my lip and shook my head at him. I could really care less that he was the prince of the Fire Nation; really…it's just that he didn't tell me. I trusted him enough to tell him my secret, but he couldn't tell me his. I had done nothing that would make me undeserving of his trust. I was just bitter and hurt.
Appa's giant face popped up beside me and I stroked his fur. "What kind of food do you have around here?" I asked, already thinking of breakfast.
"Well, I don't eat meat, so we have plenty of vegetables."
"Great!" I smiled for the first time in almost a month I could have healthy food that wouldn't give me an early heart attack.
"Although we do have seal jerky if that sounds better to you, Sokka has been eating nothing else the entire trip." He mumbled with a note of disgust in his voice.
"I eat other things…" Sokka muttered.
I glanced over to his sleeping bag and saw the lump that I guessed was him shift around and then go still again.
I rolled my eyes and stifled a laugh. "Who usually cooks?"
Aang pursed his lips. "Um…well, you see…" He glanced back at Sokka, frowned, and then back at me. "It's complicated. Sokka can only cook meat, and I have no idea how to cook at all. So he eats what he eats, and I just eat fruits and vegetables."
I sighed, it looks like I would have to become the chef for them too…but not this morning, and they could get themselves breakfast. I've been spoiling Toph and Zuko for the last few weeks, so they could do what they want.
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Aang wander towards Momo's recovery tent. "Stop right there young man!" I shouted.
"B-but-" he stuttered.
I shook my head at him. "You are notto disturb him. He needs his rest."
Aang let out an annoyed sigh, but shuffled away.
I glanced at Toph's earth tent and knew that she would be awake, it was one of the downsides with being able to see with your feet, once one person is awake and moving around, it would wake you as well. If I knew teenage boys at all, Sokka would sleep until late afternoon if we let him, so I felt no sympathy at all when I strode over and nudged him with my foot until he got out of his sleeping bag.
Toph emerged from her tent soon after, and everyone grabbed some food then sat down.
"So what are we going to do now?" I asked everyone.
"Well," Aang started, "now that I have an earthbending teacher, I need to learn. So that's what I'm going to do."
"And you need to teach me to waterbend." I added with a smile.
He smiled back at me and nodded excitedly. "Sounds good."
I looked to Sokka for his answer and he shrugged his shoulders. "I'll have to completely rework the schedule now."
It took effort to hide my laugh, but I was able to do it. I really didn't know what I'ddo now; I thought would be out of here by now. What am I supposed to do, just hang around until they decide I've been here long enough? I still had no idea what the whole point of my being here was, am I supposed to be part of a bigger picture? Am I supposed to stay till the end? What If I'm stuck here forever? That wouldn't happen…right? No, they told me they'd send me back, didn't they? I replayed the conversation I had with them in the forest, but I couldn't remember them saying anything about sending me back. They had to though. Wouldn't it screw everything up if I stayed here? Wouldn't it screw my world up? The space-time continuum?
Come on Kat, I thought to myself, you were never very important in the grand scheme of things.
I bit my lip nervously and thought back to the time spent in my world. I had been in an orphanage for years until I was finally adopted when I was five, and I went to a nice family who loved me (at least that's what Lisa had told me). They hit some huge financial problems and had to send me back to the orphanage. I was adopted again when I was eight, and then they died when I was 12. After that I was too old for an orphanage so I was sent to a foster home. I was so angry at the world that I was rebelling against the rules and getting into trouble until they sent me to another home, with Lisa. She had been so nice to me that I couldn't be mean to her, I couldn't be angry at anything she did or said.
"Katara." Sokka called.
My head shot up and my eyes landed on Sokka. "What?"
"Did you hear one word I said?" he asked.
I glanced around for a little help from Aang or Toph, but they were already gone.
"Oh never mind." Sokka huffed and folded his arms stubbornly. Not long after, a glare formed on his face.
I followed his glaze and saw that it was planted on Zuko. He was sitting under a shady tree sharpening his sword on a flat rock. I watched him for a moment while he meticulously scraped his blade along the stone, using the same angle and speed every time. He looked pretty calm, which wasn't surprising. I bet he thought he would be dealing with constant fights and arguments every second of the day, he probably thought Sokka would have killed him by now. I bet he didn'tthink he would be, for the most part, ignored. Toph still talked to him regularly, but Sokka never spoke one word to him since last night. Aang was amiable, and chatted with him every once in a while, but he was always quickly discouraged by Zuko's brooding face. Zuko had a way of subconsciously turning people away. I don't think he was even aware of it.
Sokka, well he just glared at him in silence. He never talked to him; never glanced his way except to glare, never even talked about him. It was like he wasn't even there.
I really didn't know what to make of him anymore, with my anger gone, confusion was left in its place. I had so many questions about him I didn't know where to begin. I wanted to know his past; I wanted to know why he was after the Avatar for so long. I couldn't explain it…I just wanted to know everything.
What was wrong with me?
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"No, you need to let it flow, like this." Aang demonstrated the move again. "Make sure you keep your wrists relaxed, don't keep them stiff."
"I nodded and tried again. I made an orb of water and brought it into an upwards arc that flowed backwards in a circle, letting it gain speed, and then transferring the control to my foot. I kicked out, and the water flowed smoothly and coasted in the air for a while until it crashed into the ground. I lifted my arms up in a cheer. It had taken me the longest get that one right. Whenever I tried to use my feet, my moves tended to be sharp and choppy opposed to smooth, so I had to try and try until I finally got it.
"Good job!" Aang came over and gave me a high five. "What else do you want to learn?"
I breathed deeply, trying to catch my breath. "Can we just head back?" I glanced at the sky between the leaves and sure enough, it was getting dark.
He followed my gaze. "Ok, we'll continue tomorrow, alright?"
I nodded, panting heavily. I would definitely have to work on my stamina.
"I have a second training session with Toph today…" he began. "I didn't quite get the hang of it yet, so…."
I reached down and untied my shirt, which had been tied mid stomach to allow for more movement. "Is she a good teacher?
He bit his lip. "She's…Pretty tough."
I laughed. "She sure is."
"My waterbending master would have loved you. His name was Pakku. He was always complaining about me since I tended to goof off." He rubbed the back of his head and chuckled. "But you…you learn fast and are really good."
I blushed at his compliment. "Thank you, that means a lot."
"Honestly, you'll be better than me in no time." He told me, a pink twinge to his cheeks.
We hadn't wandered far from camp, so we were back within minutes. Toph immediately got up and dragged Aang out of camp while Sokka looked up with humor.
I sat down on the hard ground and spaced out for a while, remembering home and the people I cared about.
"I'm going hunting." Sokka suddenly said, startling me out of my stupor.
"O-ok." I stuttered, but he was already gone, leaving me alone with Zuko.
I glanced up at him, but he was still sharpening his swords, probably not even noticing Sokka had left.
I cleared my throat to get his attention, but he seemed to be in a kind of trance. "Zuko." I called.
He glanced up in shock, and I didn't really blame him. I hadn't spoken to him all day, and he probably thought I would never do it again. After a second or two of just staring at me, he very awkwardly asked "Yes?"
"I have a question for you." I got up and made my way towards him.
"Sure, anything." He said as I sat down next to him. His eyebrows were still furrowed, but he was obviously making an effort to appear as inviting as possible.
Our relationship, if you could call it one, had been screwed up since the beginning. We constantly fought and argued, and if I could waterbend a little better I would have attacked him many times. The thing was, when we were civil towards each other, I actually enjoyed his company. Even when we fought, he had always been able to hold his own, and I respected that. Aren't all friendships built upon respect? I had always been drawn towards those who could challenge me, and he does just that. I would return to being his friend, but he had to make it up to me and earn my trust back.
And right now, I was giving him a chance; he had the option to tell me anything else I should know, anything that would make me mad at him again. "So…will you tell me something about you?"
His eyebrows twitched, but whether in hostility or concern, I couldn't tell. "What do you mean?"
"Well, you know a lot about me, but I know practically nothing about you." I prompted, but I was not going to force anything from him.
"What do you want to know?" he asked nervously, still working on his blade.
"Whatever you'll tell me." I said with a shrug.
He was quiet for a while as he thought to himself, stroking his sword subconsciously. But I waited for him, and eventually he spoke. "Can I tell you about the Fire Nation?" he offered uncertainly.
Not exactly what I wanted, but a start. "Yeah."
He took a deep breath and stuttered out an awkward. "It's hot."
"Well, itiscalled the Fire Nation." I said sarcastically. "I had gathered as much."
"It's very nice though. It's full of markets; you remember the one we visited? Well, Fire Nation markets are ten times better. We have better food too since the island is volcanic, plenty of fertile lands."
"What's the palace like?" I asked.
He paused to think. "It's been a while since I've been there…" a dark look passed over his face. "But it's huge and very red."
"What else?" I prompted.
"Um…I remember getting lost a lot when I was little." He said, his voice growing animated from emotion. "There were countless rooms and corridors, I used to think that we could house the whole Fire Nation and not even realize they were there. When I was a kid I would run away from the servants in charge of me and get lost. I'd even hide in the servant passage ways. It used to take them days to find me."
"That's evil. " I smiled.
"I was pretty rotten." He almost smiled fondly, but something stopped it in its tracks.
What was it about the palace that bothered him so much?
"Your parents must have been worried." I pointed out.
He gave a bitter smile. "They never knew."
I was quiet for a minute. "Is Azula your only sibling?"
"Yes."
"Has she always been so…aggressive?" I asked.
"Yeah."
Just then, Sokka came thundering into camp. I was about to ask him where his catch was, but the look on his face told me that he hadn't caught anything.
I gave Zuko a small smile and went back over to Sokka. "Want me to start on dinner?"
"Yeah." He grumbled.
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I rubbed the goose pimples out of my arms and watched the camp. Dinner had been an interesting experience. Aang and Toph had come back tired, dirty, and ravenous. Aang ate all of the rice I had made, and Sokka and Toph ate all of the meat before Zuko and I even made it to our plates. We had to stick with fruits, not that I cared, and Zuko didn't seem mad about it either. Now the camp was littered with dishes and personal belongings. I made my way through the camp and cleaned it all without complaint because I knew no one else would do it.
I was late when I finished, so I was surprised to see that Sokka was still awake. He was staring at the moon sadly as he sat atop his sleeping bag.
I walked over to my sleeping area and stared at him for a moment. "So…you really know that I'm your sister." I pointed out. "Don't you…"
"Well yeah, didn't you feel it too?" he asked, glancing over at me and pulling himself into a sitting position.
I thought to myself for a moment. I don't now if I felt he was my brother, but I definitely felt something connecting him to me. Be it a brotherly connection or a spiritual one, it was there and there was no denying it. I really should believe him, weirder things have happened to me. I have traveled through worlds. How many people can say that? So this was nothing compared to what I've been through, why shouldn't I believe him? "I felt something." I admitted.
"Well I know." His blue eyes were piercing. "You look exactly like my mother did."
"Your mother?" my heart clenched automatically.
"When I was very little my mother was to give birth to a little girl, her name was to be Katara. The baby didn't make it, youdidn't make it. My Gran Gran told me that I would see you again one day, and I've held on to that my whole life. I've always known you would come back, and now you're here." There was so much sincerity, so much conviction, so much raw belief in his voice that I knew he had to be right. He had to be. I had always believed in fate, so I knew that it was fated I be here, that I got a second chance to be his sister.
"What does she look like?" I asked.
"She was killed by Fire Nation soldiers when I was young, but she was beautiful, the nicest person you would ever meet." My heart went out to Sokka; his voice was choked with emotion at the mention of his mother- our mother- that his heart must still be raw with her memory. I didn't know what it was like to loose a parent because I never knew mine, but I knew it had to be the worse pain imaginable.
"Do you remember her much?" I asked.
"Not as much as I'd like to." He smiled at me and squirmed into his sleeping bag.
I grabbed my new fur-lined sleeping bag, compliments of Aang (he had volunteered to sleep on Appa's warm fur) and dragged it next to Sokka's.
"Do you want to hold the necklace for a while?"
He glanced over at me and stared for a minute before setting his head on his makeshift pillow. "No, I think seeing it on you is just fine."
I crawled into my sleeping bag's warm embrace and stared up at the starry sky. "Can you tell me about your tribe?"
"What do you want to know?" he asked.
I snuggled further into the sleeping bag and smiled. "Everything."
It took a few moments for Sokka to begin, but once he did, I was captivated. Stories of a winter wonderland full of strange animals swirled through my head. Seal hunts, war parties, raids, they all sounded so fascinating. I wanted to be there. I wanted to experience it all. The idea of a community where everyone has a job and no one is left out sounded amazing to me. Everyone took care of each other, and no one was in want. As 'futuristic' as my world was compared to theirs, there were still hundreds and thousands out of work and thousands living on the street. A lowly water tribe was able to accomplish what my world spent countless dollars to try.
My dreams that night were full of hunts and snow, and I can honestly say that I couldn't have asked for a better dream.
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