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Ai-Ling was as good as her word regarding her conspiracy with her mother-in-law. Shortly after she moved to the South Pole, she began to experiment with leather dyes, and in the following year the villagers had to get used to this crazy Earth Kingdom girl who liked to wear their traditional coats in a rainbow of colours. She's particularly proud of the coat that Steph assures her is definitely eggplant.

If pressed, she'd admit the dyes are her attempt to see how far she can push the tradition of her adopted tribe, but the quirks that are just naturally her cause as many strange looks from the villagers. Thanks to Steph, they're used to a woman who can fight and who hunts,but it's still an oddity. And then of course, there's the broadsword a certain Fire Nation colonel gave to her as a wedding gift. She takes it as a compliment to her natural charm that she gets away with it.

Miki's out hunting with a small group of younger boys at the moment, and Ai-Ling takes the opportunity to prove she can also be a good wife, which is why she's all ready to prepare whatever food he brings home, and is now working on repairs on the igloo they share with his entire family.

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"Don't mind so much about Miki," Ai-Ling admits. "I just don't want the hunt to keep leaving without me."

"I'm afraid you'll just have to beat thoughtfulness into that group," Sokka informs her, Vry Sad as he drinks his tea. "They're much more stubborn in numbers. I have faith in you, though."

"Beat thoughtfulness into Miki."

Literally.

"I can do it with the rest of them."

Literally.

"That's why I've got faith," Sokka replies, giving her hair a quick ruffle.

Ai-Ling tries to duck, but it comes late, so she pretends that she meant to let him all along.

"They all like me anyway."

The bys she hardly had any difficulty with at all. It's the women who make her feel most like an outsider.