Chapter 9- Baby Talk
Atop of Appa's saddle, Aang and Katara enjoyed a perfectly peaceful atmosphere. With the brightness of the full moon lighting his way, the majestic giant gently flew above the clouds, going up and down ever so slightly in a calming, soothing rhythm, mimicking the push and pull of the waves that the two waterbenders understood so well. She was lying on his lap while he commended the reigns, and Momo was in her own lap. It was the kind of moment that was as frequent as it was cherished by the couple. In the six years that they knew each other, these long hours on Appa's back have always represented the best aspects of their relationship: Their ability to enjoy and be in touch with nature, how comfortable they made each other feel just with their presence, the certainty that no matter where they went and where the Avatar's duty to the world led them, they would always be together. They were soulmates, best friends, and travelling companions, all of that encapsulated in these moments where all they had for company was each other, their pets, the moon, the stars and the overwhelming silence of the night.
Such silence was abruptly undercut by a roaring sound coming from Aang's belly. Katara, who had her head close to it, looked up with a playful smile.
"Was that…" She put her ear on his abdomen, pretending to be inspecting it. "… Your stomach?"
"I think it was." He admitted sheepishly. "I must be getting hungry, sorry."
"You poor man! Why didn't you say anything?"
"I hadn't even noticed it, to be honest. I was completely lost in thoughts, and then out of nowhere my stomach does this."
"Well, let's land then. I can make you some food in no time."
Aang considered this proposition carefully.
"It's not that late yet, Appa can still fly for a few more hours. If we land right now, we definitely won't go through the hassle of flying again today, so it would be a waste of time. I can hold it a bit more, don't worry."
"We can afford to waste a little time, there's no hurry. For once, we're not rushing to the next city or town that desperately needs the Avatar's attent-" Her sentence was cut short by Aang shutting her mouth with his hand.
"Don't jinx us!" He shouted, the joking nature of his gesture obvious in his voice.
Through muffled giggles, Katara sat up, hugging Aang from behind and resting her head on his shoulder.
"C'mon, let's find a place to land. If there are some eggs among the provisions, I will make that egg custard you love."
The airbender dutifully commended the bison to lower his altitude.
"You're too good to me." His praise was rewarded with a peck on the cheek. "Tomorrow I'm on cooking duty."
As usual, Aang took a few minutes picking the perfect landing spot. If possible, he would pick a place with water nearby, to make his soulmate as comfortable as possible. She had noticed this tendency years ago, and it amused her that he always tried to give some kind of reasoning to his choice, as if the gesture would be ruined if it was clear that it was purely for romance's sake. This time, he argued that he wanted to find some place fresh from the Fire Nation heat.
They eventually settled on a clearing atop a waterfall, a landmark they had chosen before as a campsite in their travels in and out from the Fire Nation Capital. They had just left Capital City that very day, after spending two weeks in the Royal Palace, visiting Firelord Zuko and his newborn daughter, Izumi. It was a visit that was planned from the moment they heard that their best friend was going to be a father. They wanted to be there to share this milestone as a group. As soon as the news got to them that Izumi was born, Aang and Katara flew Toph, Sokka and Suki to the Royal Palace. Having everyone together to see the first, and the oldest, member of the group walk into parenthood was a stark reminder of how much time had passed since they saved the world together, and of the incoming challenges of adulthood.
It was a particularly uncomfortable reminder for Aang and Katara. For them, talking about having children meant not only a conversation on their commitment towards one another, but on the implications of keeping an entire culture alive. Ever since the early years of their relationship they understood to be life-partners, but the prospect of creating a family was always talked about in the distant, idealized future. There was no eagerness to discuss the burden that was unfairly heavy for either of the young lovers to carry. But now, such burden appeared as a ghost that haunted every conversation they had, both with each other and their friends, about Zuko's daughter and it was getting increasingly hard to ignore.
The couple had managed to keep their minds off this subject during the ride on Appa, but made the mistake of inadvertently triggering it again after dinner.
"You know, after two weeks, I'm starting to get accustomed to the idea of Zuko as a father." Katara commented, while feeding Appa some wheat. "It's still a little weird, since it's Zuko. But I think he's getting the hang of it."
"Yeah, I'm proud of him." Aang had a dumb smile plastered on his face as he admired the girl of his dreams happily take care of his bison. The animal thanked her with wheat-covered licks, making her giggle lovingly while offering more food. The airbender was sitting a few feet away from them, next to Appa's saddle. Momo was by his side, picking away the remains of the egg custard bowl. "Now, do you think you're ready to see Sokka becoming a parent?" He teased.
"Spirits, no!" She laughed. "Did you see him around Izumi? He barely managed to carry her without killing the poor baby! I pity Suki."
"Well, you better get used to it. It's only a matter of time. First, it's Zuko. Inevitably, Sokka and Suki will follow. And then…" Both of their smiles dropped as they realized which was the next probable couple on that line.
"Toph?" Katara tried in vain to lighten the mood.
Aang forced a chuckle.
"I'd like to see that." He joked back, but the tense atmosphere had already settled in between them. There was only silence, with the sole interruption being the constant stream of the waterfall below them. After what felt like an unbearable amount of time, Katara dared say something.
"Look, we don't have to talk about this right now." She stated it like words of comfort for him, but the waterbender hardly wanted to address the subject herself.
"I know. But shouldn't we?" He looked in her eyes, and since Appa had already been satisfied, she had no excuse to not meet his gaze. To her surprise, a soft smile formed on his lips, even if his overall tone and expression still was of worry. "I know we decided not to pick a date yet, but we are engaged. One of our best friends just had his first child. Isn't now a good time to start talking about our future together?"
Katara couldn't help but smile back. He always looked so adorably happy upon mentioning their engagement, even months after she said yes with tears in her eyes. It's the same dorky, proud look he had in the start of their relationship, whenever he had to confirm to someone else that they were indeed a couple, like he felt so lucky to actually be with her. Then, it made her blush and feel flustered. Now, she feels just as unbelievably lucky.
"Ok, I agree. But does it have to be right now?"
"You said it yourself, there's no rush. When will we ever get another chance to just sit down and talk? No pressure? No interruptions?" Katara shot him a playfully annoyed look. He loved to turn her own words against her, and she absolutely hated it.
"So you're saying we finally get a night all to ourselves, with nothing in the world to worry about or bother us, and you want to spend it talking?" She raised a suggestive eyebrow at him. "There isn't anything else you'd rather do?"
"Well, talking about having babies. It's at least related to whatever it is that you think we should be doing." He flirted back, trying his best to keep everything light-hearted. Katara laughed, but quickly had a more serious look on her face as she sat down beside her fiancée and took his hand.
"And are you really sure about this?" Every time they were faced with this problem, be it because someone insensibly brought it up or because something was such a stark reminder of the airbenders past that it could not be ignored, Katara always proposed to postpone the conversation, and Aang was always happy to oblige. In her mind, the subject is way more personal and complicated to Aang than to her, so they would only talk about it when he was ready to. Though Katara also always understood that she would eventually have to (gently) force the conversation on them, probably sometime after they got married. She dreaded the moment, but accepted that it would have to happen. So it came as a surprise that Aang decided out of his own volition to talk about this, and it downed on her that she might not be ready to face some of her own insecurities on this touchy subject after all. But again, this was a way bigger of a deal to him than it was to her. She needed to be there for him, so she would be.
"Not really." Aang answered, avoiding her gaze for now, though still holding her hand firmly. "I'm kind of hoping that we will get interrupted by a messenger hawk from the Earth King saying Ba-Sing-Se is being attacked by a giant spirit monster or something." He then looked at her, his gray eyes beaming with affection. "But I really don't want this to create a rift between us. And I know how important family is to you. I think we're ready to have this talk."
Encouraged and touched by his words, Katara kneeled up and leaned in to kiss him, touching his cheek with her spare hand while the other still held on tightly to his.
"I love you so much, you know that?"
"I love you too."
As Katara sat back down, her boyfriend kept on looking at her expectantly, indicating that for all his progress and forwardness on facing the subject, he still relied on her to guide them through the conversation.
"Okay." The waterbender sighed, trying her best to look as comfortable as possible. "For now, let's forget about Sozin, forget about the airbender legacy. Without thinking about any of that, answer me this: Do you want to have children?"
"I don't know." He answered, defeated, which worried Katara. She thought that given these conditions, it would be a certain yes. "You want to, right?"
"Of course I do." That was a no-brainer for her, and they both knew it. She focused her glare on him, intent on pushing a little further. "Why don't you know?"
Aang looked back at her confused.
"You know why."
It was true. Katara knows Aang better than anyone, definitely better than she knows herself, and probably better than he knows himself too. But if she's going to help him work through this, he needs to externalize his feelings.
"But it's important that you tell me anyway." She encouraged him, gently.
"Because I'm the Avatar. Because my son or my daughter is going to be the son or daughter of the Avatar." His voice carried an annoyed tone, as if he was saying things they already went over a thousand times before, even though he was voicing it for the first time. "I went through unbelievable pressure when I had to grow up being the Avatar. Imagine what my kid will go through. Or imagine if he or she is an airbender! The child will collapse from all the stress!"
"You didn't collapse."
"Well, I had you."
"And our children will have us!" Katara exclaimed, certain that this would make her boyfriend see reason, but he still looked unconvinced. She decided to go back to her original strategy. "Look, let's push back a little further. There's no Sozin, no war, and you're not the Avatar. You're just a happy airbender boy, who on your travels around the world, met this beautiful and talented waterbender from the South Pole. You become friends, fall in love, eventually get engaged."
"Quick question: in this alternate universe, does the waterbender girl still plays hard to get for about 10 months?" Aang teased, with a grin on his face.
"Maybe. You know, one of us had to focus on actually wining the war." Katara answered, managing to keep up with his wits. "But yeah, maybe without the comet of impeding doom approaching, the girl would have a little easier time figuring out her feelings for her friend."
"Just maybe, right?"
"Just maybe." She laughed, looking at him lovingly. "The point is, in this reality, would the airbender want to have children the waterbender?"
"Absolutely. He wouldn't even think about it." His eyes and his voice were longing for this perfect reality. "Again, I'm sure you know all of this. What's your point?"
Katara took a deep breath, in the way she usually does when preparaing for one of her trademark big emotional speeches.
"Aang, ever since I've known you, you've battled for happiness despite being the Avatar. You never stopped being a happy and caring person, you never stopped believing in the best of other people, you never stopped following your own values, even when everyone else told you not to. And I am so proud of you for it. So why would you let this get in the way of something you love and want to do now, if it never stopped you before?"
Aang meditated on her words. As a monk, he knew how to look inside himself to look for answers when faced with difficult question. It always surprised Katara how quickly and clearly he was able to find these answers.
" I guess it's because it was never really a choice back then." He concluded. Katara gestured that she would need more than that to understand his thought process, and so he continued. "When I faced Firelord Ozai, I knew I would never be able to live with myself if I took his life. There was no other way that would end. When I had to choose between you and mastering the Avatar State, there was no way I wouldn't choose you. You're my whole life." This casual declaration of love made Katara bean at him. It took her some time to stop worrying that his dedication to her would come as detriment to his role as the Avatar, and to appreciate that her presence in his life actually helps him deal with his duty to the world. "I can't imagine my life if I had not made these choices. And yes, it's true that I would love to have children with you, but it's not something that's indispensable to my happiness. The prospect of it makes me nervous, to be honest. I'm still very happy just being with you. You're the love of my life."
An overwhelming swirl of emotions took over Katara. Gratitude was the main one, but guilt and a bit of shock were also there. Determined to at least try to do as good a job as Aang did with putting everything out there, she forced herself to look into his eyes as she asked some surely piercing questions.
"But sweetie, how can you be ok not having kids if…" She let the words float in the air.
"If I'm the Last Airbender?" He asked, his voice indicating slight annoyance.
"Well, yeah."
"See, that's exactly what I'm talking about!" Aang complained, a little louder than before. "I don't want to have children with you because it's something that I have to do! Turn the beautiful process of building a family into a burden, into an obligation. And what if we can't have airbenders? Do we want to live with that? We keep trying forever?"
"You do realize that I'm willing to go through with all that, right?" She reassured him. It's something that was always on her mind, ever since she realized that they would be together for good, and she had made her silent peace with it long ago.
"I do. And I absolutely don't think it's fair that you even thought about this. I don't want that, and I know you don't too."
"Even if it means that the airbender culture dies with you?"
"See, I don't think of it like that." Aang was a little calmer now, more composed. "With Guru Pathik, I learned that the airbenders and the love they had for me lives on. It lives on in the choices that I make, in the values that I represent. In the impact that I make on this world, and the humans, animals and spirits that inhabit it." He gestured around the beautiful location where they camped to get his point across. "It lives on through the Air Acolytes and through the friends I made. "Aang got on his knees and held his fiancée's hands. "It lives on trough the love we share. You are the greatest legacy of the airbenders to me, Katara." He declared, looking deep in her eyes.
Letting the tears fall down because she was way past the point of hiding this kind of thing around him, Katara also got on her knees and let their faces be inches away from each other.
"Then have a family with me." She pleaded. "Let's allow our love to live on in our children. It's like you said, sweetie. I just can't imagine my life, our life, without a family. It won't be an obligation, it won't be because anyone said we have to. It will just be us, being happy. Don't you want that? If you don't, I understand and we can talk about it-"
Katara was cut short by Aang passionately kissing her, one hand on her neck while the other pulled her closer by her waist. She did not hesitate for a second in returning the kiss, quickly wrapping both of her arms around his neck. Once they broke apart, she noticed he had tears in his eyes as well.
"I want that." Aang assured, and he barely had time to say anything else before Katara was kissing him again, with even more intensity than before. Not one to complain, Aang quickly tried to sit down at the same time that he picked her up on his lap, but to that he had to scooch just a little farther back, to where Momo was sleeping unaware of the passion of the two lovers. The lemur let out a loud screech once Aang sat on his tail, scaring the airbender and making Katara fall of his lap straight to the floor, laughing uncontrollably.
"There, there, it's okay buddy, I'm sorry." Aang tried to calm down his pet, now holding him against his chest. He turned to Katara, who was still rolling in the floor beside him, and teased her a bit. "You know, I didn't expect that you meant you wanted to have kids right this moment."
"Shut up." She pushed him, barely being able to let the words out amid the fit of giggles. Once it stopped, she sat up and passed her hand on Momo's head. "I'm sorry, Momo. You must be sick of that happening by now, but it never gets old to me."
"Did you hear that Momo?" Aang talked to lemur, holding on level with his face. "She enjoys to see both of us suffer."
"Only because it's so adorable." She kissed him again, but only briefly this time. They kept on giving Momo attention until the animal gradually fell back to sleep.
Katara carefully put him atop of the also in deep slumber Appa, and went back to her fiancée with a worried look. "And you're sure, right? I don't want to feel like I'm pressuring you. You already do so much for me."
"It still scares me. But it doesn't feel wrong anymore. Like I'd only be doing this because that's what's expected of me to do. Deep down, I was scared that you would think that I only wanted to have kids in order to repopulate the airbenders." She opened her mouth to talk, and he cut her off with a gesture. "And I know that you're okay with it, but I'm not. And I guess because of that, the very idea of having kids became so negative in my head."
For all his abilities as the Avatar, master of four elements, it seemed to Katara that Aang's greatest talent was always making her feel absolutely cherished and valued. It still shocked the waterbender that even with a responsibility to the whole world, her happiness was undoubtedly his number one priority at all times.
"Thank you for being so considerate."
"Thank you for making me realize that I actually want kids and was just overthinking this." Aang then smiled shyly. "But I meant when I said that I'm not sure I want it like, immediately."
Katara chuckled, allowing herself to relax, but only for a bit.
"I know. But I did want to talk to you about this."
"What? You want to decide right now when we should start trying?"
"No. But when that day happens, there are going to need to be some structural changes in our lives."
Aang sighed, already suspecting where this was going.
"You don't think we should raise a baby living as nomads."
Noting his disappointment, Katara did her best to be as diplomatic as possible.
"I'm not completely opposed to the idea, but this is something that needs to be discussed. At least, acknowledge that things won't be business as usual."
"I agree that we should discuss this, but think about what you're doing!" His voice contained the same playfulness it did when he warned her about jinxing them earlier. "We just had a conversation about a very delicate subject, without a hint of a fight! No one raised their voice at any moment. And now you want to introduce yet another complicated matter, in a row!? You're going to ruin a perfect night!"
"Or I might be using this momentum that we have, and just cut off two fights for the price of one." Over the years, Katara learned to identify whenever Aang was trying to disarm her with his sense of humor, and was now able to deflect it right back.
"Do you really thing it's worth the risk?" He asked, in an over-dramatic tone.
"Have some faith in us, sweetie."
"Fine. Discuss away, madam." He said that last part theatrically gesturing with both of his arms while bowing, a habit Zuko had while talking to his advisors that the two of them made fun of internally for years.
Giggling, Katara returned the gesture, appreciating how lighthearted the atmosphere had become.
"I'm going to start by reiterating, again, how much I love our life, and travelling the world with you. Especially now that we've been doing it mostly alone, I'm having the time of my life and I don't want it to end anytime soon."
"But…"
"But, when the time comes that we decide to expand our family, we need to consider how this will impact our lifestyle. How are we going to carry a baby around on Appa's saddle, for starters? Who takes care of him or her while we go to meetings? How is the kid supposed to make any friends?" Katara listed these off her fingers as she said. "And if we do decide to settle down somewhere, which I concede to not be set in stone yet, since I know how important being a nomad is to you, it nevertheless comes with its own set of problems. Where the Avatar lives is a big deal. Assuming we don't live in one of the air temples, the world will see your choice of home as a message." To her surprise, Katara found her fiancé staring at her, smiling while sustaining his chin with his hands, elbows against the ground.
"You are so clever you know that?" Aang admired.
"My point is…" Katara tried to ignore him and continue, but couldn't avoid the blush on her cheeks and the shy grin on her face. "… that we, as a recently engaged couple that's going to be married in the near future, should start planning said future. And I mean planning ahead, farther than where we are going to sleep tonight or which town we are going to visit next week."
"You're right." With a swift airbending move, Aang sat up and assumed a more serious posture. "So, which alternative do you prefer? I'm sure you already have some options in mind."
"Well, I do, but I wanted to hear from you first. Did all airbenders send their kids to the temples, or was it common to raise a family even as nomads?"
"No, there where definitely those that kept their kids and raised them as they travelled the world. Though I suppose none of them were the Avatar. That raises the stakes of living in the road considerably."
"It does."
"Some of them would take a plot of land to live in at least until the kid was of older age. That wasn't unheard of and it's still an option for us."
"That could be nice."
"And there were even some that found talented, beautiful waterbenders, and settled down for good." They beamed at each other. "I wouldn't mind at all living in the South Pole."
Katara let out a sweet, almost unintentional laugh, and put a hand on his shoulder.
"Ah, sweetie. I love you, but you would hate it. The customs, the food, the clothing. It's just very not you. But I appreciate you saying it." Katara had long accepted that her home would never be the home of the love of her life.
"I wouldn't hate it!" Aang protested. "I would be with you. With the penguins, I love penguins! I love the people there too." When he noticed she was looking at him with a doubtful smirk, he spoke more earnestly. "Look, I'm not saying it's my favorite place in the world, but I know how important your home is to you. Let's just keep it in consideration, okay?"
"Okay. I love you." She said, smiling gratefully, and before he had the time to say it back, she added: "I hope you know that I wouldn't mind at all living in one of the Air Temples."
"Really?"
"Of course! I would be lying if I said it didn't cross my mind a few times while we were staying at the Western Air Temple."
"You were just hopelessly in love with me, weren't you?"
"Look who's talking. Have you thought about it?"
"Living in the Air Temples? Of course I have." Aang's mind clearly trailed off, probably consumed by the complicated emotions associated with the home of his people. "Sometimes I think it would be amazing, but other times I think there are simply too many memories, you know?" Katara nodded understandingly, squeezing his hand. "But overall, for as much as I like being a nomad, it would be the easiest transition. I haven't really lived anywhere else in my life."
"Well…" Katara started, nervously braiding her hair.
"What?"
"Sweetie, think back to the past six months. We've been basically living in Cranefish Town."
For a few seconds, there was no reaction from Aang. He just looked at her with absolutely no change in his expression, until he snapped out of it, shaking his head.
"No we haven't!"
"We kind of have."
"We just visited Zuko!"
"Okay, and before that?"
Aang made an active effort to think of examples, and looked very satisfied once he did find one.
"What about that visit to Kyoshi Island?"
"It was only for a couple of days."
"That time we had to go to Ba-Sing-Se to-"
"We didn't even spend the night there." Aang was still struggling to come up with examples, so Katara cut him short. "We had to go to other places here and there, but the bulk of our life in the last semester was spent in Cranefish town, albeit in a variety of different houses." It was a process that was slowly happening ever since they decided to help out the city after the bender versus non bender conflict, and Katara was sure that they were both very aware of it.
"Oh man you're right." The airbender realized, putting both of his hands on his head, in shock. "We have been living in Cranefish Town."
Finding this reaction adorable, Katara put her arms arounds him, letting her head rest on his shoulder.
"And be honest: Was it so bad?"
"What's that supposed to mean?" Aang looked at her, defensively. "You want to live there?"
"Spirits no! That place is a mess! It's big, fascinating and too chaotic for this simple Water Tribe girl." Suddenly realizing something, Katara widened her eyes at the man above her. "But do you know where I would want to live? The island with Avatar Yangchen's statue."
She watched as Aang slowly shared the exact same look of realization she just had.
"The Air Acolytes have been talking about building an Air Temple there." He noted, agreeing that it was a good idea.
"So you'd be surrounded by your culture, but without all the bad memories." She added, a little more excited.
"We would be living close to Cranefish Town and the older colonies, but in a place where there's relative peace and quiet."
"And it would send the right message to the world. The Avatar, living in this new weird nation that it's the consequence of the war he ended."
"Plus, it's a great place to raise children." He said with a pure grin in his face, and Katara could almost implode with joy at hearing him say these words with such easiness and comfort. They kept staring at each other with dove eyes until Aang brought them back to reality. "Did we just… make plans?"
Katara giggled, holding him even tighter.
"I think we did. I mean, nothing's set in stone yet, right?"
"But we talked things through, considered our options. Weighted the pros and cons. You know, grown up stuff." He joked, and her giggling continued.
"And sometime in the future we're going to have an inevitable big fight about what to do." She joked back. There was a hint of truth in the joke that they both managed to acknowledge with good humor at the moment. Big fights are going to happen. They're ok with that. "But for now, I'm really proud of us. I told you we could do it."
"We're nailing this engagement thing."
"I never doubted we would." Something about the way Katara said this subtly communicated him that she was about to go for a kiss. It's just one of the many unspoken languages they developed through the years together. When she got to him, Aang was already expecting her advance, and kissed her deeply. Katara responded by again going to his lap, which was much easier to do from the position they were in this time, and embracing his neck with both her arms. He kept her steady by holding her by the waist. They enjoyed their passionate kiss for a while, until Katara broke away from it.
"Can I ask you one last thing?" She still kept their faces almost touching each other, admiring his grey eyes from up close.
"Sure."
"I know you said you don't to have kids jut for the sake of procreation. But you still want an airbender, right?" Katara made it clear in her tone that she wanted to hear a yes. She knew it would do an world of good to Aang if he wasn't the last airbender anymore, and wanted more than anything to share that joy with him.
She felt Aang's hands leave her waist and go to the ground behind him, sustaining the weight of the body he just let fall away from her.
"I mean, of course I do. Ideally. I'm just not sure if I should put my hopes in this. Put that kind of pressure on the kid, on me, on you…" He trailed off, looking to the side, then returned to her with pleading eyes. "Can we talk about this some other time? I promise we will. I'm just not ready yet. Is that ok?"
Katara smiled comprehensively, reassuring him that there was no problem at all.
"Of course it's ok, sweetie. I'm sorry for bringing it up like that." She then turned her smile into a seductive one, and started to slowly lean closer to him again. "It's really for the best. After all, we still have other plans for the night, don't we?"
Laughing a little at her obvious flirting but in no way disinterested, Aang decided to play with it a little more.
"What plans are those again?"
Katara was always more direct than him though.
"Let me show you." She closed the distance between then, dictating the pace of the kiss, allowing it to slowly evolve in intensity while their hands looked for each other.
"I love you so much, you know that?" Aang quickly declared in between breath breaks.
"I love you too." Her answer was barely a whisper, as they both focused on showing how much they loved each other with actions rather than with words.
End
Author's Notes
Another full, solely Kataang fic! I just love writing for these two so much.
I can see how this portrayal of Aang might differ from the LOK canon, that shows Aang as a father so eager to teach Tenzin about airbending culture that he kind of neglected his other kids. But i think he would at least initially be very wary of putting that kind of a pressure on a child (and as we see in LOK, rightfully so). Once Tenzin was born, his perception might have changed. I plan to write a fic with the whole Kataang family to explore more how that would be like.
Next Week: More fun with the complete Team Avatar at Ember Island, because that setting is just a gold mine for Gaang shenanigans.