▣
"I tried so hard to get through to you Aang." His voice so worn down, made raw with yelling and pleads and demands that his friend refused to meet.
"I've always--always made it a point to never give up when it counts. We've been through so much I though that... together we could get through anything..." He laughed, empty but so full of regret.
Regret that he couldn't save Aang in the end--that it had to come to this.
Slowly, he sat down, back resting against the worlds last hope, determination set in his eyes as he looked over his shoulder one last time.
"I meant what I said. If you're doing this. You're not doing it alone. We'll go together." He closed his eyes, and put a hot palm on the back of Aangs hand.
"I'll make it quick. We won't feel a thing."
