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"Here, but sideways in every direction. The spirit world."

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"What are they like?"

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"Different. Harder to talk to than you. They- think sideways, too."

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"Hm."

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"A lot of them aren't nice. They mostly don't like humans."

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"Why not?"

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"I don't really know. Some of the books say there's supposed to be a balance and humans don't always respect that."

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"Balance?"

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"Evenness, kind of. Between the elements, and the world and nature."

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"Why is there supposed to be that?"

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"I don't know. The books don't like to talk about it. There's supposed to be an Avatar who talks to humans and spirits, but the Fire Nation killed him a hundred years ago and there hasn't been another."

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"Huh."

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They get to the cave entrance. There's a pair of shoes just inside. Eliko picks them up, but doesn't put them on.

"Don't tell anyone about the badgermoles. Or that I can bend."

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"It's a - what is the word for a thing to not tell -"

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"Secret."

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"Secret. Okay."

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It's a bright summer day outside, the sun beginning to get low in the sky. The cave is nestled against the base of the mountains and forested slopes lead gently down to a shimmering ocean. There's a dark smudge of smoke pressed up against it. Eliko points at it.

"That's where we're going."

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"Okay."

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Over the hills and through the woods, down to the seaside town they go. Eliko puts her shoes on when they get close enough to make out individual buildings. They're fairly dense, neatly constructed of brick with tile or metal roofs, but none taller than two stories. Up near the forest appears to be a residential area, and down by the water and the docks is a commercial or industrial district. There are two iron steamships tied up, the rest are wood and sail. The source of the smoke is a large building with several smokestacks. A steady trickle of workers are moving large crates out and loading them into the metal ships.

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"I think you don't have the thing I need."

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"You can tell?"

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"Not for sure but I think you don't have it. I need a thing that thinks but is a thing."

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"...No, we don't have that."

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"I didn't think so. I will have to make it. But then everything will be good."

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"Everything will be fine?"

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