Nyima bowed her head when the man placed the noodles in front of them. She looked at the noodles as Rayn spoke of how the city was very different from the Northern Water Tribe. She lowered her head when he reprimanded her for her being under prepared for her running away. She sipped her tea and sighed, "I know... But if I had left the room I would have been dragged to altar... I didn't have time to prepare.... I... I know... It wasn't smart but..."

Her voice faded away when he offered to teach her about the world she had been missing out on her. She smiled and nodded her head, "Yes... I would."

She picked up her chopsticks and picked up the noodles, "I'm seventeen... and this is the first time I've ever been outside of the Northern Water Trobe, never been away from my parents... and they wanted to marry me off to a man who would keep me in the Water Tribe and I would never be away from him..." she looked at Rayn, "Would you have stayed? Prepared?"