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Upon entering the airship I'm taken to a dining room. The mentors are already at the table. On one end of the table sits Joo Dee and on the other sits a man I don't recognize.

"Hiroshi Sato," the man says extending his hand. "Captain of the ship and head of security."

"Now is the time when you meet your mentors," says Joo Dee. I'm suddenly aware that Sakari is also in the room; they must have taken him up on another balloon.

"For Sakari we have Yukon," she continues, gesturing at the older man on the right. "And for Korra, Tenzin." She gestures towards the other man. Now that I see him up close, his grey eyes have a certain twinkle to them. I sit across from him and Sakari sits to my right, across from his mentor. Suddenly, Tenzin raises his finger in the air in a way that seems to mock Joo Dee and begins to speak.

"It's nice to meet you," he says to the two of us. "After lunch we will see you seperately to discuss plans and strategies."

The meal continues in silence with Joo Dee occasionally trying to start a conversation that never goes anywhere. I'm not looking to talk anyway. I haven't had so much to drink at one time since I came to the desert, its amazing. Tenzin is the first to leave. As he's getting up he stops for a moment.

"The guards will escort you to your room when you're done. There will be clothes for you to change into and then you will be escorted to a meeting room where we can get to know each other."

I finish soon after and the guards escort me to my room. It has a queen sized bed on the wall to the left and chest of drawers on the wall shared by the door. On the right there's a door that I presume leads to a bathroom. On the opposite wall there's a small window. I walk up to it and I can see the ground thousands of feet below me. The sand is gone; replaced by charred dirt. Travelers say the ground never really recovered from the Rain of Fire.

I quickly change into the outfit on the bed. It's a simple brown top and a black, full length skirt. I step back into the hall and the guards escort me to a meeting room. Inside, Tenzin is kneeling at a Pai Sho table.

"Ah, Korra wonderful to see you. Please have a seat." he says motioning to the spot across from him. "You," he says, pointing at the guards, "can go now." He speaks to me once again.

"The guest makes the first move."

"Why are we playing Pai Sho?" I ask, placing a lotus tile in the center of the board.

"I feel the best way to get to know someone is over Pai Sho," he answers. "From that move I can tell you're a practitioner of tradition."

"This is the opening move Grandpa makes. He always beats me so I thought if gave it a try..."

"Then you believe imitating success ensures success," he states. "Which implies you don't think things through for yourself, which is unusual for people in the Desert."

"I wasn't born there."

"I know, I was there the day you left."

"You were?"

"I was. You've grown so much since then."

"How has my mother has been?"

"Fine. She hasn't fully recovered but she's better than she was."

"That's good I guess."

"So what are your strengths Korra?" he asks.

"I'm fast and I'm not bad in hand to hand combat."

"Excellent. There's a waterbending master on board waiting to teach you when we get to the city. Now we need to work on your strategy. What is the first thing you should do?"

"Grab a weapon at the cornucopia?"

"No. Run. You can grab something small if you're lucky. You should be able to get a weapon from someone if you find a source of water."

"You're assuming I'll be a decent waterbender."

"I'm sure you will be. You have something I've never seen in any other tribute. You have a spark I haven't seen in anyone since my father."

At the mention of his father a headache started to form in my head. "Was he a waterbender too?" I ask.

"Yes. He was quite powerful. He died sixteen years ago."

At that the headache only worsened. "I'm sorry."

"It's all right, I hadn't seen him since I was ten anyway."

My head feels like its going to explode. Suddenly I collapse. As I'm drifting off I swear I hear Tenzin say "Dad?"