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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.

The family doesn't seem to complain about any of her quirks, though. Then again, Panya is twice as odd as Ai-Ling when it comes to fighting and, at fifteen, still hasn't shown the slightest interest in boys aside from who she can beat up. Steph, whose hair is white by now, is still a highly regarded spirit woman, and Sokka aged twenty years in a moment and is far too old to have an eighteen year old as his oldest child.

Not that it makes any of them less spry, being odd. Sokka isn't too far from Ai-Ling right now, working with her on the igloo, offering advice in low tones, more suggestions than orders.

And when she gets hit with a snowball gently lobbed in her direction, now and again, he is always looking innocently in the opposite direction.

Sometime later -- after the hunt has been put away and cleaned and people not Ai-Ling have started cooking -- fur-wrapped arms wrap around her waist from behind to lift her into the air.

It's like 'hello' but better!