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"I don't think even Rue and I know that," Setsuko responded softly, "But we do know that it's true."

Rue nodded. I bet Ayumu knows. As that thought crossed her mind, she immediatly remembered the Caverns. She looked at Setsuko meaningfully, trying to ask when they would tell the others.

Setsuko caught Rue's glance and gave an ever-so-slight shake of her head. They're not ready, she thought. The children just aren't ready to know we met spirits or to know they're in the world of one.

Rue nodded, a barely noticeable movement, similiar to Setsuko's shake of the head.

"Do you guys still live on Earth?" Tess asked.

"Of course we live on Earth!" Misaki exclaimed. "Who doesn't...unless you're from another world," She added hastily.

"We live on Earth too, so I still don't understand how we're from different worlds," Maddy said, joining the conversation. "What state do you live in?"

"State? What's a state?" Asked Misaki blankly.
"What Nation do you live in?" Kanna countered at the same time.

"You don't know what a state is?" Maddy asked in disbelief.

"What do you mean by nation?" Tess asked. "Would the United States count?"

"Who dose? Besides you," Misaki countered.

"The united what?" Kanna echoed. "We live in the Water Tribe--" But before the argument could progress, Setsuko stepped in an interrupted. "Yes, we're from different worlds, remember? We each have different Nations,"

Rue grinned. This whole conversation brought back alot of her memories with Setsuko. Her grin faded as she cocked her head, listening. "I think the storm stopped," she said.

The group in the ice dome fell silent for a moment, as if considering Rue's words. Kanna broke the silence. "So...is someone gonna check?" She asked tentativly.

"I'll do it," Rue said. THe ice dome wasn't to thick, and it had been weakened somewhat by the percipitation. She punched a hole thorugh it without to much difficulty, and was pleased to feel nothing other than a slightly chilly breeze. "It's over," she announced.

Yuumi winced a bit as the patch of ice shattered, but sighs of joy and relief filled the cabin at Rue's news. "Come on, then, " Invited Kuilak, always the practical one, "Let's see how much of the cabin we can salvage."

Rue looked at Setsuko. "Could you bend a way out of here?" she asked.

"I could," Misaki volunteered, and with a wave of her hands, the ice melted and splashed to the ground around them.