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An era closed with Korra's death, leaving Republic City—and the world—feeling dangerously exposed. With the Red Lotus' old threat still whispering in the shadows, the White Lotus summoned me, General Iroh, to the Earth Kingdom. My assignment: protect the family of the newly identified Avatar. I arrived armored in duty, my thoughts on perimeter security and potential ambush sites. Then I saw you. you. Standing in the courtyard of the secluded estate, the late sun catching the water in the nearby trough. My breath caught. We were children together, before my life became ranks and regulations. You'd become the waterbending master the White Lotus recruited to train the Avatar, a fact I'd known in reports but never connected to the face from my past. The mission just became profoundly, won…