Set Twelve: Passage
Part Two: Birthday
It has been a long time since Katara last visited Kyoshi, she recollects. She really should've gone as much as she could've, for her days of freedom are limited. She will be sixteen tomorrow, and that is old enough to marry in the Water Tribes. It will only be a matter of time before the worst happens—and she won't be able to live the life she wants.
The freedom will be gone. The adventures will be over. The bright spirit in her will be suppressed.
She knows very well that Gran-Gran will let her choose who she wants to marry—Hakoda, Katara's father, granted Katara that liberty. But still, she will have to marry, no matter who it will be. Katara stares up at the clouded night sky, reminiscing of days long past, when she'd first found Aang, when she'd traveled the world.
That is all over now.
Tomorrow is a big day for her—she should be happy for its arrival.
Katara was never that good at doing what she should be doing anyway.