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Sunlight warmed his face as he fell, fell, fell forever towards the sea. He’d never felt so free, nor so sad. Was this how he’d die? Facing the sun, drowning, his body never to be found?
He supposed that if was going to die, at least he’d had a taste of true independence. And what better way to taste it than with the wind kissing his cheeks and the sun heating his bones?
Golden feathers fell around him, a shower of yellow rain glinting in the light.
There was so much he’d wanted to do before he died, though. There was a whole world he’d never gotten to see. He wondered at the Earth Kingdom, so secure and distant to the east, or the air temples secluded away from the rest of the world. And he thought of the water tribes, and their magic and mystery. He would’ve liked to meet more people from the water tribes.
Did they truly have magic there?
Would they have been any better than the Fire Nation?
He remembers blue eyes, he sees blue skies, and he can feel the blue vastness reaching up, up, up towards him.
He likes the color blue, he thinks. If he’s going to die, at least it’ll be with a blue memory.
The sea lifts up, reaches to embrace him.