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Epilogues

"What are you doing, Granma?"

Katara, her hands gnarled with age but still strong enough to hold a quill, glanced down to find her five-year-old grandson peering up at her.

"Just writing, dear."

"More stories about Grandpa?"

The old waterbender's heart sighed with sadness and memory. "No, dear. I finished those tales long ago. I'm writing new ones now. "

"About what?"

"Love stories, mostly." Her grandson made a face, and she laughed. "I don't have as much energy as I used to, otherwise I'd be writing you a fun adventure tale with sea monsters and evil bending pirates."

Despite his lack of enthusiasm for her genre of choice, the little boy with the huge gray eyes peeked over the edge of the desk at her neatly penned manuscript. His fingers tentatively traced along the edge of the stacked parchment paper, as if he could absorb their contents through his skin. "Why don't you write a story about the new Avatar?"

She chuckled. "They haven't found him or her yet, dear. How could I possibly write about someone I don't know?"

He shrugged. "Just…make it up. I mean, Grandpa used to make up all kinds of stories, didn't he?"

"Yes. I suppose he did." She smiled ruefully.

"Do you think it'll be a boy or girl this time? I mean, before Grandpa, there was Avatar Roku, so I think it'll be a girl."

"It could be."

"Do you think she'll be pretty?"

"I'm sure she will be."

"Do you think…do you think I'll ever get to meet her?"

Katara smiled down at the boy, knowing what he was really asking. "I think your grandpa would have very much liked you to. Even in times of peace and prosperity, the world still needs the Avatar. Never forget that."

He leaned his head against her leg. "I miss Grandpa."

"I do, too." She rose from the chair, her back aching, her hands sore. It was time to get away from her incessant writing and spend time with her family. She'd neglected young Zuko too long. "Come, let's find your mother. She's due any day now, and she's going to need your help especially to look after your new baby brother or sister."

P.S. It's really a shame they never made a live-action movie, huh? Really, THEY NEVER MADE A LIVE ACTION MOVIE.