Disclaimer: Avatar the Last Airbender copyright Dante Dimartino, Brian Konietzko and Nickelodeon Studios.
It'd been hours since Zuko had spoken to her. She wrapped her arms around herself, considering Zuko's questions again. She still couldn't answer them.
"You know my son."
The ethereal voice startled from her reverie. She found herself before a towering spirit. Three porcelain faces watched her blankly from beneath twisted roots. "Your son?"
"We've met," Zuko answered the spirit tersely.
Katara barely stifled her scream. Zuko's face was missing.
"Koh stole it, remember?"
"But earlier-"
"A gift. Borrowed faces are not allowed within this sacred grove though," Zuko's disembodied voice explained. "Mother of Faces, I need your help again."
