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	♥ 1. Where did you come from? You may not know anyone else on the boat, but you've all got one thing in common; you're headed to Republic City. ♥ 2. It's your first day in Republic City. You might wanna get a job lined up or you'll be living on the streets. ♥ 3. You're the new person in the city. You gotta make some friends, right? Go find someone and strike up a conversation.
	♦ 4. Feeling a little crafty? Maybe you could make a quick yuan. Sell information for money or do a little threatening. ♦ 5. Vines. Vines everywhere! They're like the heads of a hydra. What are you going to do about the vines that just invaded your apartment? ♦ 6. Triads, Equalists... thugs in general. Welcome to the aftermath of losing a fight. Are you gonna go find a healer or are you gonna tough it out?
	♣ 7. You've got a job. What is it? How are you going to get customers? You better get some soon. More customers equals more money. ♣ 8. You're a bender, right? Then you better practice it. What's that? Oh, a non-bender? You can still find a partner to spar with, right? ♣ 9. It's late. Have a drink at the pub! Get to know one another. Let it all flow freely!
	♠ 10. Yeah! You've got a driver's license! Everyone else better watch out... ♠ 11. Entertainment's just rolled on into the city! Watch the ostrich-horses race or the acrobats perform. Or maybe you're one of them! ♠ 12. It's a long line at whatever vendor you're at. Make small talk with nearby civilians or try and haggle the vendor down to a better price.
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[It's weird in a lot of ways, but it feels right. He'll just keep on airbending, chuckling a little bit from brushing against the beard, and then he pulls back incredulously.]

Whoa! Really? I'm gonna be that tall?

[Bumi barks a laugh, probably a little bit louder than is strictly necessary.]

HA! Yes Sir, apparently everyone else was really surprised by it too.

[What he doesn't say is: Because no one knew how tall Air Nomads were supposed to be until you stopped growing. But this unspoken thought does prompt one he's more than willing to share. He gives Aang one more squeeze before letting him go, and then rifling through the inner pockets of his coat. As he does so, he hands random bits and bobs to Aang to hold until he can find exactly what he's looking for.]

Ah-HAH! I knew I kept them in this coat.

[the next thing he holds out for Aang is a small leather folder, sort of like a billfold, but slightly larger. The leather itself is soft and worn, indicative of it being well loved, cared for, and used often. Inside, how ever...are family pictures. of each AirBaby on the day they were born.]

[Once he's set down on the floor, he looks on curiously. And once he sees the folder, he looks through them. In pure, heartwarming awe.]

They're... they're so cute. But... Who are they? [His eyes keep drifting, between the babies, and the man with the airbending tattoos. He definitely didn't look like Bumi.]

[He smiles. There is a family resemblance between the brothers, but one often had to look further than the wild hair, tattoos, and complexion to see it.

Bumi, who cranes his neck so he can look at the pictures along side Aang, starts to point people out as he names them.]

This one was taken the day Jinora was born, and this one when Ikki got here. This one's of Meelo. And this one here is the newest. That's Rohan. The woman is Pema, and this guy right here? That is Tenzin.

[It's here that he throws a thumb back at the family portrait on the wall, and the baby that Katara is holding.]

Those're your grandchildren, airbenders all.

[There's so much pride in his voice, as if the children were more than just his nieces and nephews. Bumi has always viewed his career in the Forces as his contribution to balance, towards keeping the world safe. As far as he's concerned: Those are his kids too.]

[Bumi has Aang's full attention. He absorbs every detail, and he follows the trail of his pointing towards the family portrait.]

The baby... he's an airbender? They all are... They look like little hog-monkeys! [He says that very affectionately! His eyes are glistening as he looks everything over. And he thinks about what it means to have family in the future, family with airbenders.

And then...

....

Then he looks back up at Bumi.]

Does that mean you're an airbender too?

Well Mom says Rohan can airbend, and she's three for three so far, so I'm going to take her at her word on that one.

[Mom is always right is something Bumi has just come to accept.

And then Aang asks that question.
The one that Bumi has heard his entire life.
The answer to which is the reason why he's the president of the I Disappointed Dad club. And here he was thinking he was done disappointing his father, at least to his face anyway.

Sigh.]

No, actually. It doesn't. Neither Kya or I are airbenders. Just Tenzin. Kya's a waterbender, and I'm more of a swordbender.

Oh. Really? [He looks on curiously. There's a bit of uncertainty but not necessarily disappointment at least. All of this news is coming to him so fast. But he already knows there will be a number of new airbenders in the future - some of them descended from him. It makes it easier to accept that not all of his children are airbenders

So he smiles.]

That's really neat! It's kind of like... everyone gets represented! Everyone in- in the family, I guess. [As new and intimidating as it feels to imagine Katara and himself as a married couple.] Buuuut I'd say that you're a laughbender on top of that. Don't sell yourself short, Bumi!

[Bumi laughs softly this time, and his smile far more subdued than normal.]

Thanks Dad...er...Aang.

[Okay, that was awkward.]

[It is a little weird. But Aang finds it funny.]

Dadderaang, huh? [Now that sounds like some kind odd parentally-themed boomerang. Clearly Sokka would be proud. Aang sheepishly chuckles.] You can just- you can call me whatever you'd like to.

[It's funny, that's exactly what comes to Bumi's mind when Aang strings to together into a single word. Sokka would be proud indeed.]

I think...I think I might just stick with Aang. Dad doesn't really seem all that fair to either of us. But, I reserve my right to change my mind. Deal?

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