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39 - [voice] Sad times... (backdated to last night, shortly after Aang's death)

[Locked to friends. You know who you are || 60% Hackable]

Just, uh... checking up on how people are doing I guess.

[There's a moment's pause between turning the comm on and when he speaks, voice mostly casual. Mostly. Those who know him well enough might sense a note of insecurity, something between worry and sadness lacing the words. Aang's death is making him a little paranoid and he just wants to hear from the people he cares about.]

Haru, is your nose okay? Try not to be that dumb again, will you?

Ren, Wolfram, haven't heard from you in a while. Oz, how are you holding up? Claire?

[a beat, a muffled sigh]

Minato... Can I come over? Meryl's staying with Gyatso and I don't want to crowd them.

[/end lock]

And

taking_this_see , I want to talk to you. You found his clothes, right? I need more details, and you will give them to me.

If anybody else has information on that guy, I need to know.

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... More often than I'd like to admit. Definitely more often than he'd like to admit, too.

[irritated grumble]

One of these days, it's gonna get him in trouble.

[lol Zuko you hypocrite]

[laughs] It already has, but I don't think the lesson stuck.

[a discontent little grunt. Doing his best not to badmouth her own dad in front of her too badly here]

Figures.

Yeah, I guess we'll just ... avoid that topic in the future. So, how about instead, we talk about how we should go for a food run tomorrow morning after you're done teaching at the high school?

...oh. [...] I don't think I'm going tomorrow. I'll ask Umi or Jackie to pick up the slack.

So we can go then.

[yeah, because in the afternoon, he'll be hanging around the hospital waiting for Aang to come back 8( ]

Oh! Okay, that's great. We'll have all morning to go, then.

Y-yeah.

And, then if you want to ... we can talk. Or, you can talk, and I can listen.

[...]

I--

...thanks, Claire.

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I know what it's like to need time, and I know what it's like to need someone to talk to. So, it's okay, no matter which one you pick.

[a long pause, and then quietly--]

You're... a good friend.

I just don't like knowing you're upset.

I know. I'll be okay. He'll be back tomorrow.

[it's becoming a mantra he has to keep repeating because even if he's seen it happen many times and it's even happened to him, that day of waiting is still excruciating]

Back tomorrow doesn't make it any easier to lose someone you care about.

[whoa, stop reading my mind 8| ]

...it doesn't, does it?

[She's just imagining Peter "dying" and projecting. :c It makes Dr.Phil-ing Zuko so much easier.]

Nope. It's okay to be upset.

...You sound like you know what you're talking about.

[she hadn't even been here that long. Had she already suffered this as well?]

... My uncle. He was able to absorb my ability, so I've had my share of having to watch people die even knowing it's temporary.

Oh.

Being from a world like that... might at least make it a little easier. I know some people who don't even have any sort of powers that exist in their world.

I don't know about that. It doesn't really ... get any easier.

I know, I just mean... People who have no idea things like Bending or--regenerating?--existed are probably really shocked.

Yeah, I guess that makes sense. The shock value the first time is a lot worse.

Yeah.

So... where do you want to go tomorrow? What exactly do you need?

Just standard non-perishables.

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