AN: Short, separate pieces aren't something I usually do but it seems to be working for this. And thank you all for the lovely alerts and reviews.
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Korra opened her eyes and felt the earth underneath her before her body slide into place. From the looks of the sky she had been in meditation for the better part of the day.
"Did you find the answers that you needed?" The apparition of Aang was still in front of her, all smiles and encouragement, even against some of her angrier questions. It was easy to see now that most of Tenzin's temperament came from Sifu Katara than the avatar and that Bumi was more like their father, but that was a different matter entirely.
"So that's you and Sifu Katara. And your own heart chakra. You never had to give it all up anyway." He looked towards the temple where the girls and air acolytes were cooing over little Rohan.
"The Avatar will always be separated. When I asked the Order to take care of you, I had meant so that you would be your own person. Imagine if Toph or Zuko had found you first and raised you with only me in mind. You should be proud of who you grew up to be."
"Thanks, Aang." Korra closed her eyes again and Aang faded away from sight leaving the emerging twilight for her to see. Between the bustling insides to the reconstruction in the city there was noise being echoed everywhere like in the air. She got up and marched over to Tenzin's office, mulling over who could be contacted for appointments.
"Tenzin, I have a plan." She explained what she thought they needed to do. Even though Firelord Zuko's journals wouldn't arrive for at least three weeks, asking Aang had been telling in itself.
"This isn't going to go over well. You will not gain much support for this." The nervousness she was feeling was still there. It only seemed a little deeper down now.
"There are going to be some exceptions. All of the metalbenders under Chief Bei Fong but otherwise."
"I will stand besides you as always." There was that smile she needed. "I will also tell my mother to prepare your old room. You might need to leave the city immediately." Or not.
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"General Iroh! Do you know what's going on?" Iroh turned to see the rest of team avatar approaching the podium where Avatar Korra was going to speak that after noon about the state of those who had lost their bending. She could be seen from the shadows flanked by Councilman Tenzin and Chief Bei Fong.
"This will be news for us all. She's starting."
Mako looked up at Korra. From the many times she had been dragged up there willingly and unwillingly this was the most relaxed she had been.
"Republic City. As some, well all of you know, among the victims of Amon's revolution and treason were civilians and our police force, not to mention the reactions of the task Force. Both benders and non-benders found themselves hurt. The city needs time and help to make itself heal. All I can do for you is to restore the bending abilities taken away." The crowd started cheering but she wasn't done. Mako wondered why she would want to explain something so straight forward.
"I was the Avatar that couldn't connect to the spirit world until it was too late. Mastering three bending disciplines and tying myself completely to this world stunted me and it hurt all of you. For that I am sorry. If this conflict has taught us anything is that we need to accept both sides of ourselves." She took a breathe and looked at the crowd as if she were looking through them.
"What I am not going to apologize for is that I won't return any of your bending. " The crowd roared.