"Kahn!"
The banquet had just ended when Korra called out to Kahn. Unalaq stood beside her, and she introduced him:
"This is my uncle, Unalaq, chief of the Northern Water Tribe. He's also a Spiritbender, so he wanted to meet you."
Unalaq followed her lead with a friendly smile:
"People with an aptitude for Spiritbending like us are quite rare. This is my first time meeting a Spiritbender other than myself, so I wondered if we might exchange some ideas."
"Of course."
Kahn smiled at his words:
"Just as you said, there are far too few Spiritbenders in the world. Now that I've finally met a kindred spirit, we really ought to have a good exchange."
"Precisely."
Unalaq smiled in agreement. The atmosphere seemed perfectly harmonious.
"All this talk I can't understand. How boring."
Beside Kahn, Azula was thoroughly bored. She said to Korra:
"Let's go look around together. Leave them to it."
"Sure!"
Korra readily agreed. She actually wanted to join the Ice Spirit Festival celebrations too, rather than stand here listening to some boring academic discussion.
The two walked straight off, and Kahn said apologetically to Unalaq:
"Sorry, my fiancée isn't very patient, so..."
"It's nothing."
Unalaq paid no mind to this minor disturbance.
He had approached Kahn this time ostensibly to exchange ideas, but his real purpose was to gather information about him. Some things were unsuitable to discuss in front of Korra anyway, so their departure suited him perfectly.
The two walked slowly down the street, continuing their conversation.
During their exchange, Unalaq learned that Kahn was not the nobody he had assumed, but a member of the Fire Nation Royal Family, which surprised him once again.
He did not remember anyone with that name in the Fire Nation Royal Family.
But Kahn seemed reluctant to