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"Tell. Me. Everything."

Katara sat eagerly in front of the fire, as Wu offered her a bone.

"Really?" Wu asked. "This is much easier than dealing with your brother."

"If I didn't believe you before," Katara said, "I think I do now."

"Are you sure you want to know?" Wu asked.

"Oh come on," Katara needled. "You told Sokka his future and he didn't even want to know!"

"I am merely asking for a degree of caution," Wu replied. "You should not be so eager to learn your destiny. Sokka told me how Yue and Rinzen are dealing with the revelations- not well, apparently. He did not mention how Suki is dealing with it."

"Oh, she's fine," Katara said. "She seems relieved if anything."

"Ah yes, she asked about her home and I gave assurances. But not all of my prophecies will be good. Just... bear that in mind."

"Great, I'm bearing it in mind," Katara picked up a bone and threw it into the fire with greater force than was necessary.

Wu sighed, and leaned in.

"You have set out to defy social expectations, and to fight against injustice," she said, "And you will become a mighty warrior. Your enemies shall fear you, and your name will become a byword for hope in dark times."

"Well, that's good," Katara nodded. "So we win then?"

Wu raised an eyebrow.

"As I explained to the others, I cannot see that."

"But if I am a warrior feared by my enemies-"

"The other side also has warriors feared by their enemies," Wu pointed out. "I think you must have already met some."

Katara nodded, remembering Ty Lee and Azula.

"They're not to be taken lightly. Fate hangs in the balance, and I cannot see which way the scales will tip."

Katara nodded, reassured a little. From what Wu was telling her, there was a chance. And a chance was all she needed.

But the war wasn't the only thing she was interested in.

"Will I find love?"

"Love?" Wu seemed slightly taken aback by the question. "Aren't you pleased about the prophecy?"

"Of course!" Katara said. "That's nice to know. But I want to know everything. That includes my love life."

Wu nodded.

"Of course it does," she said. Then she looked again at the bone.

"That's strange," she said. "It's... very difficult to tell."

"So no?"

"I don't know," Wu corrected. "There's a... I mean, I can only describe it as a gap. Like there should be something there, but there just isn't. I've only seen it once before."

"When?"

"About twenty minutes ago, when Avatar Yue was in here."

Katara huffed, disappointed.

"Just because I cannot see it, doesn't mean it will not happen," Wu tried to reassure her. "Avatar Yue seems to have a particular gift for defying fate. It makes things difficult for people like me trying to read the futures of people like you."

"Is there anything you can tell me?"

Wu returned to her original prophecy.

"But you must exercise caution. Having great power is one thing, having the wisdom to use it responsibly is another. You must learn which wars are worth waging."

"...Do I have children?"

"Children?" Wu repeated, now sounding slightly incredulous. She looked.

"Well, without knowing if you find a partner, it's a little difficult to say. I guess if you want to? Do you want to?"

"I suppose at some point..." Katara trailed off. "What about my friends?"

"You mean, do they have children?"

Katara nodded.

"I don't know if you survive beyond the next year yet, how can I know if they start families?"

"Fine," Katara changed tack, resisting the urge to ask whether that was meant to be Wu's entire gimmick. "Is the South Pole safe?"

"Yes, the South Pole remains free and untouched at least until this great battle happens."

Katara nodded. At least her home, and her family, was safe for now.

"Alright," she said. "If you can't tell me specifics, then just tell me one thing. Will I be happy?"

"Happy," Wu mused. "What does happiness even mean?"

She looked again.

"In the short term, yes. You will find satisfaction and companionship, as well as adventure, travelling as part of the Avatar's group."

"And in the long-term?"

"Well, that brings us back around to the small problem of not knowing who'll win the war, doesn't it?" Wu pointed out. "I imagine you will not be happy with your friends dead or imprisoned and the world doomed to tyranny. But you wil be happy if you win and all your friends and family survive."

Katara thought she could probably have worked that one out for herself, but she nodded.

"I know you think I'm not a good fortune teller if I tell you that," Wu said, "but remember this; Happiness, a family, children, friends- all of these must be worked for, and I'm speaking to you now not as a fortune teller, but as an old woman, who has experienced life. If you knew you would be happy, that might cause complacency, and you would never go and seek those things, assuming they would just fall into your lap."

"So do you know or don't you?"

"I don't," Wu shook her head. "And I am glad to not know. Some things are not for me to tell you. They're for you to go and experience for yourself."

Katara nodded slowly.

"That makes sense."

Wu picked up a pair of tongs and gingerly removed the bone from the fire. Then she turned it over curiously. "Ah, visitors."

"What?" Katara asked, seeing this.

"Waterbenders," Wu said. "It seems some of your countrymen are headed this way."

"Maybe they're traders," Katara suggested.

"Or they're here to see you," Wu shrugged. "It could be your family has sent a message for you. Or some of Yue's people trying to reach their Princess."

"When will they get here?"

Wu examined the bones again.

"Let's see... Oh, about five minutes. They're already on the main road into town."