[Accidental voice post]

[teaandlightning]

[Iroh's communicator turns on in what sounds like the middle of a conversation.]

- odd, by my calculations, the solstice shouldn't start for another two months.

[Pause]

Well yes, I suspected the solar cycle might be a bit different, when I first arrived. But it seems the years pass the same across many worlds - more than this one and mine, at least.

[This pause is broken only by the sound of liquid being sipped.]

Is it? I'm glad. [pause.] Yes, from my world. The ginseng is grown in a northeastern region of the Earth Kingdom. Excellent quality. Yes, I visited there once. Beautiful land - evergreen forests, lots of rain. [pause] Haha, yes, that grew tiresome. I wrote many a haiku longing for a truly dry pair of socks -

[A longer pause]

Yes, I will ask them. Yes, they will listen. They are good young people. They have honorable, strong spirits -

[Pause]

Yes. Like my son.

[Pause]

Perhaps you would enjoy more -

[Pause]

Yes. It was.

[Pause]

I suspect we both do - whether we wish to believe it or not.

[Longer pause]

Your tea has grown cold. Let me refresh it for you. You're welcome - of course, it is my pleasure.