Loss:
She watched as he held their daughter in his arms. Taking in her tears, ignoring his own.
She watched as he addressed the council, emotion vanishing like smoke in his lungs.
She watched underneath the moonlight, a roar unleashing a breath of fire she hadn't seen him release since Iroh…
She couldn't bear to watch as he fell to his knees, caving into himself like an injured animal. As if to protect himself from the cruelty of life.
Mai felt her hands tracing his hair and back in a soothing motion, taking in his anguish. His grief. It was too soon. There was so much life left in him and…
And as she looked upon the sky, she too cried as a short breeze carried her tears away, into the endless cosmos where the Avatar resides.