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"Oh, it's possible!" Setsuko confirmed. "Like that one time that Kuilak--well, he was just six, but still! It was hilarious." She sighed happily at the memory.

"WHat did he do?" Rue asked, burning with curiousity.

"Well, we where out fishing with my Uncle Sokka, pretty much in the middle of an icy ocean. And Kuilak decides he wants to catch a fish with his hands and, well, he fell overboard." Setsuko's eyes shone with concern for a moment, but it was quickly replaced with a glow of fondness at the memory.

Rue had to laugh as she pictured it. "Atleast the water here isn't that cold."

"Good point!" Setsuko agreed. Indeed, the water in the lake was quite warm compared to the icy southern seas that Kuilak had fallen into.

"What was his reaction to falling in?" Rue asked.

Setsuko titled her head back as she recalled the day. "Oh, a lot of flailing, kicking, screaming and panicking. Even after Uncle Sokka fished him out, he was still having a fit!" She added, smiling faintly.

Rue smiled, brown eyes lighting up to match the grin.

Setsuko's smile faded slowly. "But that was about seven years ago. It's different now...here..." Her voice trailed off; her unique eyes were choked with distant emotion.

Rue's smile faded as Setsuko's did, and gently and hesitantly placed a comforting hand on her shoulder as she saw emotion in her bi-colored eyes.

Setsuko shifted to move Rue's hand, but she stopped herself. It would be better if it remained there. She closed her eyes gently.

Rue kept her hand still, even as Setsuko moved slightly under it.

Setsuko sat in silence for several moments. Suddenly she felt an odd sensation above her head. Her hair blew in a breeze that was gaining speed; specks of cold heat flickered above her....she had felt this sensation before. Dreams. Setsuko glanced up. Sure enough, multiple dreams were flying past her and Rue, very faint at first, but gaining clarity and intensity as the strengthening wind carried them along. Setsuko's mouth fell open and her eyes widened. "Whoa...." She breathed.

Rue stared at the dreams overhead, a surprised expression on her sparsely freckled face.

"This must be one of the dream-passageways Ayumu mention," Setsuko murmured, glancing sideways at Rue.