We went to see Ko the Face-Stealer. I don't know if I've ever been so scared. There was a part of me that wanted to stay behind, that was happy when Kara told me I couldn't go.
But how could I let her go through that without me? How could she ask me to stay behind? I've faced the same dangers everyone else has!
I understand why she she did that. I really do. She doesn't want me to get hurt. And I know how mad she was when Kaizen and Jia spoke up for me. It doesn't matter that Kara was wearing a mask; I've been around her too long to not know when she's angry!
But you know what? I think I did have to come, and I'm not sorry about how mad she was. Because I learned something really important in the spirit world. I learned that sometimes, things aren't going to be okay. Jia would have died. Ko would have let her die, just because he startled her. He may not be evil, but he's not a good spirit, and I helped us make a deal with him to save Jia's life. One task, every year, for the rest of our lives. Eradicating bloodbenders.
Which is going to meaning killing more people. People like Iluk. Because some people can't be reasoned with. Iluk was so angry! She would have killed us, was practically killing poor Mookiechops Senior just to get to us! I hope that the other bloodbenders will be less crazy. I can't imagine there are many people that crazy in the first place. Bloodbending is really, really creepy, but I don't know if I can actually kill anybody....
At least I got to see Gyatso and most of my other friends. And Abbot Shen said I can come back to the temple when all this is done! I think I'm ready to learn all the boring stuff I wasn't grown up enough to understand before. Don't get me wrong--frog-crane wrestling is still way more fun than sitting in a classroom for hours. But there's more than just fun stuff in life.
I'll never be all serious, like Kara is, but I'm not so scared of growing up anymore. Because growing up means living life, and what's more fun than that?!
