❝ That's an awfully generous offer! ❞ The waterbender's voice is lightened with a quiet laugh of her own as she cants her head upward from the slope of Sakura's shoulder to better meet her eye , offering a sense of levity by way of easy companionship & a physical closeness that always helped to bring her comfort.
Travel isn't always easy , even for two such as they who have grown long-accustomed to it in their respective lives , & she knows the hollow heartache of homesickness well. Not something to be cured , of course. Not an ache to be simply replaced , but at the very least ( hopefully ) made easier to bear. Katara finds that she much prefers the brightness of her companion's smile -- suiting her expression much more than the solemnity donned before. She finds that she hopes to keep & nurture that light , to help make the weight even a little easier to bear as long as she may be able.
❝ You hadn't told me that you were a masseuse as well , ❞ She teases gently , tone playfully conspiratorial as she leans slightly in a brief nudge of acknowledgement , shoulder to shoulder. ❝ Aren't you just full of surprises! ❞