The curtains reopened, showing the Western Air Temple. Actors Mai and Katara sat down on benches, when Actor Kaveri walked by. Actor Katara looked up. "Are you sure you have everything? Are you all packed?"

"Yes, I'm fine, Mom, stop asking," Actor Kaveri snapped, before walking on her way.

"I still can't believe your husband wanted to take the kids." Actor Mai mused. Actor Katara just shrugged. "He says that he should apply the same rules for Avatar as a father: relinquish the illusion of control. Namely, that he has any say in what they do or don't."

"Kaveri seems a little tetchy." Actor Mai said. "Like when she snapped at you just now."

Actor Katara sighed. "Yeah. We've been growing a little distant lately."

"Same with Irah. I never expected about this, even though it's supposed to be normal. My mother was never there for me."

"Mine was dead before we could grow apart." Actor Katara said softly. "I love Kaveri – how could I not? – but lately she's been getting really moody on me."

"Irah, again."

A soft, sentimental tune started up.

Actor Mai:

When my daughter loved me
everything was beautiful.
Every hour we spent together
lives within my heart

Actor Katara:

And when she was sad
I was there to dry her tears.
And when she was happy so was I.
When she loved me

Actor Mai:

Through the summer and the fall
We had each other, that was all.
Just she and I together, like it was meant to be.

Actor Katara:

And when she was lonely
I was there to comfort her
And I knew that she loved me.

Both:

So the years go by

I've stayed the same
But she started to drift away,
And I'm left alone.
But still I wait for the day
When she'd say 'I will always love you'

Actor Mai:

Lonely and forgotten,
I don't know if she'd look my way
When she smiled at me, and held me
Just like she used to do
Like she loved me
When she loved me

Actor Katara:

When somebody loved me
Everything was beautiful.
Every hour we spent together lives within my heart
When she loved me.

Both of them looked down in regret, and then they, without another word to each other moved offstage as the curtains closed.

When the curtains reopened, it showed a hallway on a Fire Nation ship. Actor Sokka and Actor Zuko were talking – arguing, more like it.

"I wish you'd stop acting like that around my son." Actor Sokka bit out. "He's a perfectly good kid, and all you're doing for yourself is making people think you're a jerk."

"Look, I'm aware of that – aware of how much I resent him." Actor Zuko sighed. "But it's not just about Irah. It's about how happy he is, how young, and how little he's had to suffer. Look at the two of us – where were we at his age?"

They both paused, as music started up.

Actor Zuko:

Every time that I look in the mirror
All these lines on my face getting clearer
The past is gone

Oh, it went by like dusk to dawn
Isn't that the way

Everybody's got their dues in life to pay

Actor Sokka:

Yeah, I know nobody knows
Where it comes and where it goes
I know everybody's sin
You got to lose to know how to win

Actor Zuko:

Half my life in books' written pages
Lived and learned from fools and from sages
You know it's true
All the things come back to you

Actor Sokka:

Sing with me, sing for the year

Actor Zuko:

Sing for the laughter, sing for the tears

Actor Sokka:

Sing with me, if it's just for today

Maybe tomorrow the wind'll take you away

Actor Zuko:

Yeah, sing with me, sing for the year

Actor Sokka:

Sing for the laughter, sing for the tears

Actor Zuko:

Sing with me, if it's just for today

Maybe tomorrow the wind'll take you away

Actor Sokka:

Take you away!

Actor Zuko:

Dream on, dream on, dream on
Dream until the dream come true

Actor Sokka:

Dream on, dream on, dream on
Dream until the dream come true

Actor Zuko:

Yeah, dream on

Actor Sokka:

Dream on

Actor Zuko:

Dream on

Both:

Dream on, dream on, dream on, ohhh!

Sing with me, sing for the year
Sing for the laughter, sing for the tear
Sing with me if it's just for today
Maybe tomorrow the ocean will take you away

Sing with me, sing for the year
Sing for the laughter, sing for the tear
Sing with me if it's just for today
Maybe tomorrow time will take you away
Take you away

The curtains closed as the music ended.