"So, Bumi," Sokka says to Crazy-Old-Guy as we walk through the ruins of Ba Sing Se, "how did you end up escaping your imprisonment in Omashu?"
"Escape?" Bumi stretches his neck. "I didn't escape. Everybody else escaped! There I was, back in Omashu, waiting for just the right moment. I didn't know what or when, but I knew I'd know it when I knew it! During the eclipse, I used Earth bending to open my coffin-cell and take back my city! The guards had no Fire power, and it was payback time! Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!" Bumi cackles up a storm.
"Wow," Suki admires. "You took back your whole city all by yourself!"
Bumi nods. "So what about you guys? Did you do anything interesting on the day of the eclipse?"
Zuko and Sokka share a glance.
"Nah," Zuko says at the same time Sokka scoffs, "No, not really."
Aang, you must actively shape your own destiny…and the destiny of the world…
Aang? Why would a random voice in my head call me Aang? Surely my own personal voices would know that my name is Starr? It makes no sense! Unless…what was it my mother said…?
…As a time bender, you have a great spiritual connection with the Spirit World, since you were pulled and pushed through time by their whims. Do not scoff any whispers or wisps you see or hear, for it could be the Spirits telling you something important…
Is it possible that I am hearing the Spirits themselves? But they aren't talking to me, they are speaking with Aang! Katara said that the Avatar is the bridge between the physical and Spirit worlds…Maybe I can only hear the Spirits' side of the conversation?