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[lackofdarkwings]

Matt had exited as quickly as he had attended the brutality.

He stalked the halls quickly, moving to the Sensoriums, the only place in the world that would be safe from his wrath.

Locking the door, or so he thought, he strode into the room as it changed from stark white to a city.

Perfect.

"PERFECT SHI SHI HOKODAN!The cityscape lit up with a

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[magictrkswwater]

"Yep. That's about how I feel right now..." Irma said, noticing Matt's rampage.

Approaching her friend, she stopped and sighed. "You okay? ...okay, stupid question. You GOING to be okay?"

[lackofdarkwings]

"Numb," replied Matt as he sunk to his knees, the cold air boiling off him as he reigned in his temper. "I knew... I knew this place wasn't fun and games. We're in the middle of a war. But..."

The young gentle man pulverized a chunk of masonary into dust within his fist. "I can't believe it tortured her like that. That's not a punishment. That's brutality. What's worse... I saw a kid in the crowd."

"I hope Will didn't see that," murmured Matt.

[magictrkswwater]

"Who knows how many kids saw that. God, Will... Hay Lin... I'm glad Taranee and Corny aren't here. It would be worse than a flash fry..." Irma said.

"Jeez... this... this is screwed up beyond belief..." She couldn't help but brush her hair back trying to make sense of everything.

[lackofdarkwings]

Shifting position in the rubble, Matt cleared a space for Irma to sit with a sweep of his hand, never minding when glass scratched against his skin as he did so.

"I know. And what's worse, is that we're still on this damn ship." He struck the ground. "And who knows what kind of problems we'll face even without this ship... doing that."

He rubbed his forehead, pinching the bridge of his nose. "Irma... if you had a choice to go back into the pods willingly after seeing that... would you? Because I don't feel like I'm making a difference anymore."

[kaya_waterwave]

And here came someone who was just as torn about what she'd seen, who, watching now, hated seeing someone she cared so much about everyone else, working his feelings out this way. Not that she didn't understand: only a few weeks ago she'd done the same with Sokka leaving. Right now, no matter what awkwardness had been there, Katara wanted to stop Matt from doing this and to erase what she had just witnessed in her head. She walked over and put a hand on his shoulder.

"I know," she said. Not a lot of complex words there, nothing that really needed more than that. Her eyes alone spoke volumes.

[lackofdarkwings]

Exhausted and spent, Matt sat there as he felt Katara's hand on his shoulder. When he did speak, his voice was raspy and hoarse, as if he was trying not to cry. "Tell me something Katara... how can we be champions of life... after what we've seen?"

"... I don't know why it stings seeing that. Somehow I thought I could handle it. But listening to that agonized scream..." His hand closed around a chunk of faux masonry and it was pulverized immediately.

[kaya_waterwave]

"It's completely natural that you feel that way," Katara said. "I don't see how anyone can look at what just happened and say that was anything remotely resembling good. Stacy has alienated a lot of us today, that is something we never rerally thought we'd see."

She cleared her throat. "But WE are champions of life, and that isn't something we're going change because of what Stacy's done. We don't have a choice to be here, that's true, but we do choose how we conduct ourselves. I'm not going to let what's done poison who I am and what I stand for."

She took a breath. It still WAS hard to get the screams out of her head, but she knew there was no turning back from what she'd seen.

[lackofdarkwings]

"Yeah," sighed Matt, rubbing his face. "I guess it just feels like when things get better they get automatically worse."

"Should get my head examined for even deciding to see that, but at least now we know what it entails." With a groan, Matt shifted his position on the ground. "Any suggestions on what we should do in the interim?"