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It's been quite a while since we've had such a wave of New Feathers. I'm sure the majority of you have heard, from friends or some of our more vocal residents, the basics of what life here entails. However, I would suggest that all of you who are able should read this guide. It should answer most, if not all, of your questions, and Ms. Sage has been kind enough to maintain and revise it in order to inform all new arrivals about Luceti. It's quite informative.

Those of you from Auldrant, I hope you're settling in. ...As well as you can, at any rate. If I may ask, I would like to know from all of you, even those who have been here longer than I, what was going on in the world before you found yourselves here.

...And if she is available, I would like to speak with the girl named Katara.

[Housemates or visitors will find her sitting outside enjoying the cooling weather. This is more like how summer ought to feel. They may also catch her staring down at her hands quite a lot - she's been doing that ever since she was briefly someone else.]

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I'm Katara.

I've already spoken with your brother. It's a good thing, too, because the Katara I met was only eight or nine years old.

...you were one of the people that helped me.

Oh...yes. [Whatever mental blip caused her to forget to say her name when she started talking here is causing problems.] I'm Nephry.

I didn't want to take up too much of your time. I just...thought to ask how you were.

[At the combination of the older woman's name and voice, the memories rise up so strongly in Katara that she has to close her eyes.

May I see your hands?

Katara's hands curl inwards into fists at the remembered question, the phantom pain.]

I see. [Her voice is thick. She's not ready to deal with this. Aang coming back - and Zuko - they'd been distractions. But even Ginko's reassurances that it hadn't happened to her still left her bereft on the ice - how could they say it hadn't happened when it felt so much like it had?] Um. Thank you. I... really appreciate it.

[She should have sought them out, all those people who found her. She should have thanked them herself. Should have faced this already, should have dealt with it but... all she really wants to do right now is close the journal and curl up in a ball.]

You're welcome. ...But it seems like you'd rather not answer.

No, I--

...

I'm sorry. I just... wasn't expecting... [and the memories feel so real.]

Maybe I could meet and talk with you another time? I'd really like that.

Of course.

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