We're nice people! Right, Soren? [ Well, he's at least willing to go along with whatever she's doing. They've played around before, just always with Chien in tow. She'd never actually heard from Chien what he thought of her, but she'd considered Soren and Chien to be two of her best friends in Luceti - ranked equivalent to Vivi at six.

Somehow it was easier to brush off Asami and Zuko, who she'd see again someday in her own home, than it was to brush off people from other worlds she'd probably never see again.

She's trying to give an honest answer, because lying does not at all come naturally to Ikki, so she's thinking about it. ]

I kinda keep waiting for Soren to go and get Chien or for Chien to contact me, kinda like how it's weird to go by Uncle Zuko's room and have it be empty, but I don't think I'm not okay. ...Um, I mean, I'm prob'bly gonna miss him a lot, and I cried a little earlier at first when I found Katara, but it's okay 'cause Soren was sad too.

But he's one of my friends, y'know? So I think it's okay to be sad! It doesn't mean I'm not okay, 'cause there's plenty to be happy about, too. ...Well, not about a friend leaving, but y'know I heard about Halloween, and about caramel apples, and about little red riding hood, and about pirate history, and I'm going to get to meet someone named Sabo sometime, and he likes adventures and exploring, too!

Um, does that make sense? [ She's probably rambling a bit, but she tends to do that anyway. ]