[While the Mother would prefer to linger on the children, what Zuko drifts into next is concerning. There have been disappearances as well as appearances in this place?]
[Take enough supporting structures from a tower, and it will collapse. Humans and spirits plainly are living together in this city, each affected by the other. If one side collapses, the other side will likely follow.]
With all hope, the family you have built will return to you.
[She frowns.] From all that I can see in my brief time here, this world is sorely out of balance. Spirits living amongst people as has not occurred in ten thousand years, acting irrationally and without apparent cause.
I have spoken to the Avatar, but it seems it will take time before answers are known and sorted. Meanwhile, there are two fragile populations in this place, unaccustomed to one another. Such a situation breeds misunderstanding, fear, and often conflict. Both populations must be protected, or I am wary of what will result.
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[Take enough supporting structures from a tower, and it will collapse. Humans and spirits plainly are living together in this city, each affected by the other. If one side collapses, the other side will likely follow.]
With all hope, the family you have built will return to you.
[She frowns.] From all that I can see in my brief time here, this world is sorely out of balance. Spirits living amongst people as has not occurred in ten thousand years, acting irrationally and without apparent cause.
I have spoken to the Avatar, but it seems it will take time before answers are known and sorted. Meanwhile, there are two fragile populations in this place, unaccustomed to one another. Such a situation breeds misunderstanding, fear, and often conflict. Both populations must be protected, or I am wary of what will result.
I will do what I can to assist the situation.