[Aang feels almost physically sick, hearing about that. Because Raine told him about the sacrifices - all those resurrections being the ends of poor girls' lives. He can barely take it. And he utters back.]
You had to let her go. [It sounds like The Guru's words - so hauntingly familiar. And perhaps in a way Aang can see now, that this is what he was being warned against. Aang had been able to hold onto his attachment to Katara and bring the world towards balance. But this mirror of Mithos showed how it could have gone wrong, horribly wrong, if that attachment were to spiral out of healthiness and rule over him. And make him into a sad god, trying to recreate the same girl over and over again. Because what did the rest of the world matter when she was his world?
He moves hand over his stomach to stop from heaving at the thought]
Because all life is precious. And that makes all life irreplaceable.
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You had to let her go. [It sounds like The Guru's words - so hauntingly familiar. And perhaps in a way Aang can see now, that this is what he was being warned against. Aang had been able to hold onto his attachment to Katara and bring the world towards balance. But this mirror of Mithos showed how it could have gone wrong, horribly wrong, if that attachment were to spiral out of healthiness and rule over him. And make him into a sad god, trying to recreate the same girl over and over again. Because what did the rest of the world matter when she was his world?
He moves hand over his stomach to stop from heaving at the thought]
Because all life is precious. And that makes all life irreplaceable.