In some ways she's glad they don't -- though she can't understand at times how Sokka doesn't. That he didn't want revenge the way she did -- it was his mother too. Why didn't it burn him up inside the way it did her? It didn't make sense to her. (She remembers hissing those words at him, about how he didn't love her enough -- she's not sure that's true but in the moment she had meant it).
Of course, Sokka also wasn't the reason she died. Their mother died protecting her. The last waterbender of the Southern Water Tribe. She died to save her. That sort of thing -- it stays with you. Katara couldn't kill the man who did it but she couldn't forgive him either. She tries to be the bigger person so much of the time, the one who holds everyone together -- but even she has her weaknesses.
She's glad it's Zuko who came to find her. If it were Aang he'd probably start lecturing her on what the monks taught him about forgiveness again. Sokka would try to cheer her up, but Zuko just let's her be, which is surprisingly nice.
It's not that Katara minds being the mother of the group -- she loves her friends dearly and steps into the role willingly -- but sometimes it's nice not to half to be. So when his arms wrap around her in response her own grip tightens just a little.
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In some ways she's glad they don't -- though she can't understand at times how Sokka doesn't. That he didn't want revenge the way she did -- it was his mother too. Why didn't it burn him up inside the way it did her? It didn't make sense to her. (She remembers hissing those words at him, about how he didn't love her enough -- she's not sure that's true but in the moment she had meant it).
Of course, Sokka also wasn't the reason she died. Their mother died protecting her. The last waterbender of the Southern Water Tribe. She died to save her. That sort of thing -- it stays with you. Katara couldn't kill the man who did it but she couldn't forgive him either. She tries to be the bigger person so much of the time, the one who holds everyone together -- but even she has her weaknesses.
She's glad it's Zuko who came to find her. If it were Aang he'd probably start lecturing her on what the monks taught him about forgiveness again. Sokka would try to cheer her up, but Zuko just let's her be, which is surprisingly nice.
It's not that Katara minds being the mother of the group -- she loves her friends dearly and steps into the role willingly -- but sometimes it's nice not to half to be. So when his arms wrap around her in response her own grip tightens just a little.