When his mother had stopped screaming and the weird looking healers had come out of the big room with his father, Mako was lifted up into his father's arms from where he sat on the floor, playing with blocks; tears shown in his father's amber eyes.

"Dadda, why are you sad?" The almost three-year- old Mako asked, and he remembers just how his father's voice had sounded when he replied:

"Daddy is happy, Mako. Daddy has happy tears."

"Happy tears?"

"Yes, sweetie. Remember Mommy and I said you were getting a baby brother or sister?"

And Mako's curious amber eyes gazed at the lump in his mother's arms as his father carried him into the room.

His father put him on the bed, allowing him to crawl onto her lap to look at what was there.

"How are your feeling, Mailin?" His father asked his mother with love and gentle concern.

"Just fine, dear-a little tired, though. But look, look at our beautiful baby boy. Healthy as a moose-lion! Just look at him, Kuzaan! Isn't he precious?"

"He is, darling. Just like Mako."

"Two little boys...the Spirits blessed us so well..." Mailin whispered with joy.

"He has your eyes...Maybe he'll be an Earthbender..."

Feeling a little left out, Mako piped in," Mommy, what's that?" he poked the green bundle.

"This is your baby brother, Mako. Say hello to Bolin."

"Bowin?"

And that was when the fateful bond started; little brother to big brother, forever love, an inseperable tie that would be the will to survive for years to come.

Baby green eyes began to open, staring right into amber's- and the tie was set.

"Hi, Bowin!" And a little giggle escaped the newborn's mouth.

"Do you want to hold him, Mako?"

Just then, the baby was gently placed in his tiny hands. The new life's tiny fist rapped around one of Mako's fingers.

"You're a big brother now, Mako. It's your job to take care of Bolin now, okay?"

"Okay, Mommy!"

And he wasn't sure what being a big brother meant or why he was told that he had a big job now, but all he knew was that he was going to be the best that he could ever be, as long as Bolin never stopped giggling and sucking at Mako's thumb.

He thought it maybe meant loving him as much as he loved his Mommy and Daddy.

If that's what being a big brother meant, then he was going to be the best ever.