She nodded. "I know. There are a lot of people I had to say goodbye to, and those are just the ones I remember. There have been times where, even if I didn't remember, my body did. I have a feeling that much suppression might have been done for a reason. But I don't want to think of you disappearing anymore than I want to stop myself from trying to be friends here."

She sounded quiet, but determined. "I spent several years being afraid of the fire nation. I don't want to have anything keep me that afraid again. Even if people keep disappearing, I want to keep meeting them, caring about them. If I stopped after people disappeared, I might never have met you."