"Mmm, ngh."
With a faint murmur, Kahn's eyelids fluttered, and he finally opened his eyes slowly. "An unfamiliar..."
"Uh, actually, this ceiling looks familiar."
"Isn't this my house?"
Kahn grew a little more alert. He had lived here for so many years, after all; he still recognized his own ceiling.
"But, seriously, why are there so many people here?"
Kahn spoke, his face clouded with exasperation.
Aside from his own ceiling, the first thing he saw was the crowd gathered around his bed. Iroh, Zuko, Aang, Mai, Toph-everyone was here. The sight reminded him of a famous meme from his previous life-
You're finally awake.
"You're finally awake!"
Everyone was delighted to see Kahn awake. Iroh hurriedly asked with concern:
"How do you feel? Does anything hurt?"
"Not really-hiss!"
As Kahn answered, he tried to prop himself up in bed, but accidentally pulled at his wounds, making him suck in a sharp breath of pain.
Seeing this, Zuko and Aang helped him sit up from either side. Zuko warned him:
"Careful. Your injuries haven't fully healed yet."
"Thanks."
Kahn thanked them, then lowered his head to inspect his injuries.
His upper body was wrapped tightly in bandages, hiding what lay beneath, but he could still feel a dull ache in his chest. A bolt of lightning filled with Azula's fury was no easy thing to take.
Iroh said:
"We owe Katara and Guru Pathik for saving you this time. Otherwise, we really wouldn't have known what to do."
Katara said bashfully:
"It's nothing. It was what I should have done. Besides, Kahn saved us first. I was just repaying his kindness."
Guru Pathik chuckled.
"I only provided some guidance. The key lay with him."
Kahn was a little surprised to see Guru Pathik here.
He had thought Guru Pathik had