Disclaimer: Avatar the Last Airbender copyright Dante Dimartino, Brian Konietzko and Nickelodeon Studios.
"I didn't open the letter; I couldn't."
"Why not?"
"I…I'm afraid."
"Of what?"
"Of what it will say. Of how those words will change everything. I…he loves me."
"I know."
Katara huffed, shaking her head slightly. Apparently everyone had known but her.
Her father was silent for a long time, his gaze fixed on the still water before them. When he finally spoke his voice was rough. "It's hard enough to love someone who's here, harder still to hold onto that love when they're gone."
"But Zuko's not gone. We're going to find him."
"And if you don't? What then?"
