Chapter 11

## Comfort

**Chapter 11** is titled - "Comfort".

## Summary

Shouting over the deafening wind, Katara attempts to console Aang by relating to him the fact that she lost her mother and goes on to state that, even though his people are gone, he has found a new family: herself and Sokka. The words seem to reach Aang; slowly, the wind dies and he descends back to the ground, though his eyes continue to glow. Sokka, joining his sister, reinforces her statement with the promise that neither of them will let anything happen to him. Katara takes Aang's hand and he finally leaves the Avatar State, looking visibly sad for a brief moment before collapsing into Katara's arms. He apologizes for his outburst and Katara tells him that there is no need to be sorry. Aang admits that Katara was right about the firebenders' invasion of the temple and concludes with great sadness that, if one temple was successfully attacked, the others must have fallen as well. With this, Aang realizes that he truly is the last of the airbenders.

Some time later, Aang, Katara, and Sokka stand in the sanctuary. Aang stares at Roku's statue once more; after she asks him if he is ready to leave, he wonders aloud to Katara about how a past life, being dead, could help him, to which Katara replies, "Maybe you'll find a way." Suddenly, the lemur reappears with a variety of fruits and lays them in front of Sokka, who, having been hungry for an extremely long time, wastes no time in devouring them eagerly. The lemur subsequently climbs onto Aang's shoulder. Later, as Katara and Sokka finish packing behind him, Aang stands overlooking the silent remnants of the deserted temple with Appa and the lemur; he tells them that the three of them are now the temple's only living remnants and that they have to stay together. Calling out to the siblings, Aang introduces the lemur to them as the newest member of their group and Katara, approaching him, asks what its name will be. The lemur promptly leaps off Aang's shoulder, stealing the moon peach Sokka was eating and returning with it to Aang. Fitly, the young Avatar names the lemur Momo as he and Katara laugh at Sokka, who, unaware for a moment that his food is gone, takes a bite of nothing but air. Later, as night falls, the gang departs from the temple on Appa. His face sad, Aang leans on the pack at the back of Appa's saddle, taking a final, wistful gaze at what was once his home as it is concealed by swirling clouds.

Meanwhile, Zuko is meditating when Iroh comes in with information regarding the Avatar. Iroh begs Zuko not to become angry, to which the prince calmly replies that he can control his temper. However, when Iroh states that he does not have any information about the Avatar's current location, Zuko is angered to the point of flaring the flames of his meditation candles. Iroh, taking out a fan to cool himself off, explains that there have been multiple sightings of Aang, but he is impossible to track, showing his nephew a detailed map of where he has been spotted. Zuko takes the map from his uncle's hands and asks his uncle how he will be able to track down the Avatar, someone he deems is "clearly a master of evasive maneuvering".