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"Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him, and then choose that way with all his strength." –Hasidic saying
Duty versus the heart. It was a conflict he had struggled with all of his life thus far. Before he had chosen heart above duty and felt the consequences. Then when he had chose duty over the heart, he had almost lost when his heart loved most. A balance had been made. A fitting thing, considering he was suppose to maintain balance in the world and all. He was glad that such a truce between the two had been met at last.
Unfortunately, he was breaking that rule of his own making. Right now he was supposed to be traveling to the Ba Sing Se for a meeting between the nations. An annual event he supervised while deals and issues affecting the nations were discussed. It was a way of creating friendship and trust. Instead, he had chosen heart first but regret only with a slight twinge as another scream echoed down the hallway.
Screams filled with agony echoed down the hallway and seemed to be stuck in his ears. He was not allowed in, but he saw women scurry in and scurry out as they went about to get what was needed. Katara was in labor with their first child.
The only other time he had been around childbirth was when Katara had helped the couple they had been escorting to Ba Sing Se give birth to their daughter Hope. That women had not screamed like Katara did now…
It sounded like she was dying…
Aang shook his head. Yes, he was glad that he was here for her now. Heart over the duty, just this once…
Was she going to leave him all alone?
Aang held his face in his hands as he waited long hours for her screaming to stop…
When it was over, she had smiled at him with tired eyes. He had held her hand and looked down at the small wonders that lay in her arms. She had almost lost herself to bring their child into the world…Heart and duty… Aang looked at her eyes with the same love she held in her own. Their newborn slept in her arms.
He would always be the Avatar.
The two would always conflict.
Yet he would always be there for her, even if he had to forsake his duty…
And he did not regret it. Not one bit.