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The banquet was an unexpected surprise; Chief Arnook naming her Princess of the Water Tribes even more so. Naturally she'd refused, remembering clearly how Yui had been treated.
She was no one's pawn.
Her father explained it was merely a formality to strengthen the tribes. Arnook had lost his heir to the war and Katara, master waterbender and war hero, was the logical replacement. Her actions had strengthened the water tribes' influence. That one day the tribe would also be able to claim the Avatar as their in-law didn't hurt either.
Nothing would change. They all promised.
Hesitantly, she'd relented.
