After that, it was Kanna visiting Pakku and Ullori being the escort– except when Kanna brought Nuka as an escort instead. To Pakku's relief, Ullori did not seem to mind. She was almost a year older than Kanna and her parents were already starting to hint at a betrothing her to another young man she liked, whose station was more suited to her own.
Pakku's waterbending was improving at an impressive rate and Master Tiriaq said he would be a waterbending master in his own right in a couple of years, but Pakku knew it would still be some years before he would be considered a suitable match for any woman of standing.
Pakku did not mind. His days were filled with fishing, waterbending, his mother, and the occasional visit from one of his friends (he had four now, and if they were all female his mother didn't seem to mind). A wife, who would need to be provided for every bit as much as his mother, was more than Pakku wanted to worry about.
Then Kanna casually mentioned some of the boys her father was considering betrothing her to. It made Pakku's heart ache and he didn't know why.
