[He can barely articulate his shock. Lioriley. Alive. She had been one of his closest and dearest friends as a boy, and in all these years, it was the memory of the Avatar that had spurred him on as much as the memory of his mother, and all the others of their people who had fallen, or who had been taken away.
Actions speak louder than words: he closes the distance between them, and pulls her into a rib-cracking hug.]
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[He can barely articulate his shock. Lioriley. Alive. She had been one of his closest and dearest friends as a boy, and in all these years, it was the memory of the Avatar that had spurred him on as much as the memory of his mother, and all the others of their people who had fallen, or who had been taken away.
Actions speak louder than words: he closes the distance between them, and pulls her into a rib-cracking hug.]