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Sokka the 48th -- [Voice/Action]

[After being sent home in his own bed, Sokka had slept in a bit, finally had some real food and then went to see Suki. By now, he figures he should check to see how things went. Thus, he has a message to leave.]

Well that was a lousy week. How's everyone else doing? Did I miss anything?

Oh and uh. I think I might have to take the week off from the smithy. Maybe longer. That goes for training too.

[... yeah, that should do. He'll hang around town acting just a bit odd. For instance, very gently and very slowly opening the doors to shops. He doesn't bother going to the smithy. He's mainly just trying to stave off boredom due to the fact he really can't do much of anything now. Stupid Malnosso.]

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Everyone seems to be back now.

Looks like it. [And an awkward pause. He didn't say it at the time, but...]

Uh, by the way. Thanks. For uh, you know, trying to fight that robot thing. [Because it had him down. Who knows what would've happened?]

[She deflects it, of course]

You couldn't, right at that moment, so...

[So it's just natural, right?]

Well, yeah. Still, I'm just saying, that's all. You didn't have to do it. [And maaaaybe he was wrong about her.]

You promised me something. Can I have that in return for helping you?

Uh, yeah. Maybe we should meet somewhere. [The journals? Not the right place for it.]

Where?

[Somewhere reasonably private? Hmm.]

How about next to the southern bridge?

I'll be there soon.

[And he'll be waiting. He's trying to skip stones, but they keep getting lodged several feet into the opposite bank.]

[Lala- What? Geez, that strength... Ami shakes her head quickly to clear it, and gathers up her courage to approach Sokka.]

[He stops when she arrives, given how fruitless it is anyway. After giving her a nod, he decides to sit down in front of the river instead. She's welcome to join him.]

Hey Ami.

[Instead, she stays standing nearby.]

Sokka-san, what happened before?

[Now he doesn't know if he should stand up again! Oh the awkward. He keeps staring at the river though. He's not sure how to put this delicately, so he just explains it all in one go.]

Uh, well you know how you change your hair color magically? [For no apparent reason.] Well, a few months after we met, my friend described someone like that. She said you attacked her and uh, drained her life energy or something. She was okay afterward, because I found someone to heal her, but... well. Whenever I ran into you like that, you always acted weird. Kind of threatening, like if I so much as crossed you that you would attack. You also went by the name Mercury, for some reason.

I see... I did that...

[She's not sure if she's horrified or if it's almost a relief to at least finally be told.]

I really acted like the enemy all that time.

[Looking up at her now, a bit perplexed.]

You make it sound like you don't remember.

[She shakes her head, which turns out to actually be agreement]

I don't. But I know some of what I did...

[He stands up and peers at her for a moment. Aha.... maybe he was right.]

So you were brainwashed!

[She shakes her head again and my, that ground is fascinating]

Whatever happened, I'm the one who did those horrible things.

[Not really. Keeping his attention on her is way more fascinating.]

That depends. Were you able to stop yourself?

I don't know.

[She doesn't remember it clearly enough to know just how much was her and how much wasn't, but she does know the parts of herself that aren't nice, the resentful and jealous and lonely parts.]

Okay, different question. If you had the choice, would you do it now?

[The shaking head gets even faster. Ami finally looks up at Sokka.]

Of course not!

Well there you go! If you had been in control, you would have stopped yourself. But you weren't, so there. Don't worry about it.

[As far as he's concerned, his logic has defeated your guilt.]

What else did I do?

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