Communicating with the great Banyan Tree did not seem to go as smoothly as he had imagined.
Although he had indeed experienced something profound at first, nothing seemed to follow after that. Still, he could feel himself moving, as though he were feeling his way along the great Banyan Tree's roots, or drifting downstream along a river.
Slowly, he seemed to have finally reached his destination. The movement gradually stopped, specks of light began appearing before his eyes, and he heard some-
Jumbled voices?
A young man declared with absolute conviction:
"This is a show you arranged, right? You used bending to hide someone inside the tree, then had him come out when someone showed up. That has to be it!"
Then Xiuer's voice rang out as he replied:
"No, we don't know that kind of bending, and I don't know this person either. I think he might have been summoned here by the great Banyan Tree. I can't think of any other explanation."
"You're saying the great Banyan Tree brought him here? Impossible! How could anything that bizarre happen?!"
"Enough, Sokka! Could you stop clinging to those stubborn, stupid ideas of yours? He clearly appeared out of thin air from inside the great Banyan Tree! Right before our eyes! Is it so hard to admit how miraculous this place is?"
"But that makes absolutely no sense!"
A young woman and the young man began arguing. Their increasingly noisy voices made him frown despite himself. Then a somewhat childish voice stopped them-
"Stop arguing! I think he's about to wake up!"
"Mm."
Kahn opened his eyes. The scenery before him was no different from before his Meditation, and Xiuer was standing right there too. The only difference was that a few more people had appeared at some point.
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