A/N; You ever have that weird moment where the chapter after the current one you're writing is already finished but you have no clue what to with this one? Yeah, that was me when writing this chapter lol. I've already had the next one finished when this was still a draft lmao.

Now we're onto Pakku, King of the Privileged Old Bald Guys that are Terrified of Gender Equality ™ (or PKPOBGTGE for short form. Truly a masterpiece, they should hire me to write the next Avengers movie)

Azami P.o.V.

"I'm not one to complain, but can't Appa fly any higher?"

Really. Sokka, not one to complain? Maybe in another, better world, but sure as hell not this one.

"I have an idea," Aang snapped back. "Why don't we all climb on your back and you can fly us to the north pole?"

Azami rolled her eyes, fed up with him. "Will you please shut up?"

"Look, we're all a little tired and cranky because we've been flying for two days straight," Katara reasoned with them, trying to calm the group down.

Apparently, though, Sokka wasn't having any of it, instead seeming determined to make things worse. "And for what?" he demanded, gesturing out at the expanse around them. "We can't even find the Northern Water Tribe. There's nothing up here."

As if on cue, the sound of water splashing caught them all off guard, and they all grabbed onto Appa's saddly tightly as Aang suddenly swerved away from a newly form chunk of ice. If there was one thing Azami loved about their adventure, it was the universe's apparent dedication to prove Sokka wrong.

They tried to dodge another shard of ice, but this one managed to grab Appa's foot and send them spinning out of control until they crashed into the water. Several large boats filled with men in blue parkas surrounded them, and Azami just relaxed knowing they'd finally arrived. "They're waterbenders!" Katara exclaimed. "We found the Water Tribe!"

After a while, they were led to the massive glacier that housed the tribe. Azami had read and heard about it before, but seeing it in person really was something else. She, like the others, simply gasped in awe at the sight of the massive wall defending the entrance.

Once they got close, the men on the boats bent open a tunnel leading underneath the wall, and they sailed in without difficulty. As they passed out from the wall, they arrived in a water lock, which slowly opened up, revealing the massive tribe behind. "I can't believe how many waterbenders there are up here," Katara exclaimed.

Aang smiled back at her. "We'll find a master to teach us no problem."

Glancing back, Azami felt a twinge of unease as she noticed - there were indeed hundreds of waterbenders that they had seen already, yet for some reason every single one of them was male. Hopefully that didn't mean anything much.

They were escorted by another boat through the city, which was built largely out of ice with numerous canals flowing throughout. "This place is beautiful," Katara wondered aloud, echoing Azami's thoughts.

"Yeah... she is," Sokka mumbled. Glancing back, Azami's eyes narrowed in anger at the sight of Sokka staring a teenage girl with white hair as she sailed past them. Her mind instantly cast back to memories of what had happened before their encounter with Bato, when he'd screwed up their relationship.

It wasn't like she was blind. She'd seen him staring at her on occasion in much the same way, especially after Omashu. Then of course there was his bullshit line after she'd poured out everything to him...

I need you.

She snorted. The only thing he needed was some girl to chase after, and now that she'd turned him down, he'd moved on to the next. Absolutely pathetic. Unfortunately, they would be staying here for a while, so she doubted that this would be the last she heard of it.

They were eventually brought up to the palace, where they were briefly introduced to the Chief, Arnook, before being rushed off to a celebratory dinner in their honor. After waiting a few moments, the people around them started to applaud, and Azami gazed over to see the Chief standing up next to Aang as prepared to address the crowd.

"Tonight, we celebrate the arrival of our brother and sister from the Southern Water Tribe!" he announced. "And they have brought with them two very special people, whom many of us believed disappeared from the world until now... Princess Azami of the Fire Nation, who has turned against her people to aid in our fight against them, and the Avatar himself!"

The crowd cheered, and Azami couldn't help blushing slightly as she felt everyone's gaze shift to her and Aang. Arnook allowed them a moment, before calling their attention back to him, and Azami's eyes widened in surprise as the same girl with white hair from earlier walked up next to him. "We also celebrate my daughter's sixteenth birthday. Princess Yue is now of marrying age!"

At that, Azami nearly choked. She figured the girl was someone of importance, given her odd hair color and being escorted on a lone boat by herself, but seriously? Another Princess? Great, so Sokka isn't just chasing random girls, he's only interested in royalty. How shallow can you get, she scoffed.

"Thank you, Father," Yue announced as she bowed to her father before turning to address the crowd. "May the great Ocean and Moon spirits watch over us during these troubled times!"

Arnook smiled. "Now, Master Pakku and his students will perform!"

At that, an elder man - who Azami presumed was Pakku - and two younger males started to put on an impressive showcase of waterbending, and while it was impressive, she couldn't help frowning. She'd felt uneasy when she only saw males waterbending throughout the city, and that feeling only got worse watching the performance.

So far, she hadn't seen a single female waterbender. She knew the Water Tribes had a pretty long history of rather extreme sexism, but surely females were allowed to bend, right? Wouldn't it be stupid to just cut your potential fighting force in half during the middle of a war?

She really hoped her intuition was wrong on this one. If they really didn't teach women to bend here, Katara would be devastated.

Her train of thought was cut short as Princess Yue sat down between Sokka and Katara, and Azami just groaned internally. Time to watch this fool embarrass himself and the rest of them.

"Hi there," Sokka introduced in a fake low voice. "Sokka, Southern Water Tribe."

Yue smiled softly, bowing her head to him. "Very nice to meet you."

The two looked a little awkward for a moment. "So..." Sokka muttered nervously. "You're a princess, huh? You know, back in my tribe, I'm kinda like a prince myself."

At that, Katara scoffed before she started to ridicule her brother, while Azami just glanced away, trying not to gag. Even if Sokka had been annoying to her at the best of times, at least he'd never tried to pull that. Sadly, she couldn't fully tune out their conversation, and was forced to listen to Sokka asking for them to 'do an activity'. Real smooth.

She instead trained her attention to the other side of the table, where on the far side of Arnook she saw some random boy watching her. Once he saw that she noticed, though, he quickly looked away. Well, that was weird.

It seemed like Arnook and Aang were currently in the middle of some conversation, so Azami just decided to focus her attention on her dinner. Periodically, she felt like that boy was staring at her again, but whenever she glanced up to make sure he seemed engaged in conversation with someone else.

Eventually, the dinner came to a close, and Arnook headed off with several other elders, including Pakku. Azami and the others prepared to leave as well, when a messenger approached her. "Your highness?" he squeaked.

She turned to him in surprise. "Azami is fine," she smiled at him. "What is it?"

"Chief Arnook has requested that you join him as soon as possible," he recited, and Azami just sighed. She was pretty sure she knew what this would be about. Turning to say goodbye to the group, she was greeted with the awkward sight of Sokka and Yue both standing next to each other, waiting for her.

"Just an FYI, your highness," Azami smirked as she spoke to Yue. "I'd watch yourself with him, he doesn't exactly have the best track record when it comes to any relationship with a girl." The firebender got up to leave, feeling a sense of satisfaction at the sight of Sokka's obvious discomfort. "I'll see you guys later."

She followed the messenger away from the table, and as she walked, she couldn't help feel like she was being watched. Looking back, she saw the same boy staring at her yet again, but he quickly turned away from her, so she shrugged it off, following the messenger away from the table.

He led her to a seperate area of the palace, where the Chief was waiting with two guards. Rolling her eyes, she thanked the messenger, who left as she nodded her head to the chief. "How can I help you, sir?"

The Chief looked more than a little uncomfortable with the situation. "Well..." his voice trailed off, and he sighed. "Look, there's no easy way to put this, your highness. Even if we know that you've switched sides and are helping us, there are still going to be people here who mistrust you for who you are."

She didn't say anything, knowing all of this already. "And, I must request that you not use your firebending while you stay here," he continued. There it is, the real reason for this meeting. "Between our largely ice buildings, the danger it poses, and just general public opinion towards it-"

"I get it," she muttered. "Basically, it would be best for everyone if I pretend not to exist during our stay here."

"That's not how I want to put it," Arnook argued. "There are many of us - myself included - who are grateful for your actions and have the utmost respect for your decision to aid us. But for some, and perhaps for your own safety, it is what I would recommend - and request. There are a great many here who will likely oppose firebending even well after this war is over."

Azami sighed, already having resigned herself to this a long time ago. "If it makes you happy, then so be it. I do have something to ask, though. Is there a reason I've only seen male waterbenders here?"

Katara P.o.V.

She couldn't believe it. The Northern Water Tribe - they'd finally made it. She was about to learn from a master! After so many years, her dream was finally going to come true!

After dinner, the three had been escorted by Yue to their new sleeping quarters. Azami had spent several hours with Chief Arnook, doing who knows what, and when she eventually returned she seemed troubled.

"You okay?" Katara asked her, concerned.

"Huh?" Azami muttered. "Oh. Yeah, I'm fine, we just discussed some stuff about the Fire Nation. Anyways..." her voice trailed off before letting out a long sigh. "Katara, I've got something to tell you, and you're not going to like it."

"I'm sure it's fine," the waterbender assured her, but the other girl just shook her head.

"No, it's not fine," the firebender insisted. "Look... I had a bit of a bad feeling when we got here, and Arnook just confirmed my suspicions. You may have noticed that there were only men waterbending this whole time?"

Katara's eyes widened in shock. "Surely they teach women how to bend?" she asked in a tone of disbelief, trying to control the despair coursing through her.

"No, they don't," Azami grumbled. "It's apparently a part of their 'culture' that women remain weak and helpless."

"So, what?" Katara demanded. "I'm just going to have to give up on being a waterbender after having traveled to the opposite side of the world to do so?"

Azami sighed. "I really don't know," she admitted. "I mean you could learn from Aang once we leave... or he could try to teach you during the evenings. You could try to ask them if they'd make an exception, but I doubt they'd approve." She paused before reaching out to place a comforting hand on Katara's shoulder. "I'm sorry, Katara."

The waterbender just glanced down at her hands, unsure of how to respond. Her dream, the real reason she'd left home, something she'd been wishing for ever since she was a child - it was over. After a moment, Azami seemed to recognize that she needed space, and headed off to her room, leaving Katara alone with her thoughts.

Azami P.o.V.

As Aang and Katara left the next morning to go insist that Pakku take her on as a student, Azami couldn't help feeling incredibly guilty. She hated watching the despair cross Katara's face, but she was sure that it would've been worse if she said nothing.

She spent a while contemplating what she'd actually do for the next few weeks while they stayed here, when suddenly the sound of another door opening caused her to look up in surprise. Sokka emerged from his room, seemingly in a rush, and she raised an eyebrow at his change in behavior. "And where are you off to in such a hurry?" she questioned him.

He glanced over at her, shocked. "You actually care?"

She shrugged. "Not really, just curious."

"Well, I, uh..." his voice trailed off as a light blush started to cover his cheeks. "I'm hoping to spend the day with Princess Yue, if I can."

"Well lucky her," she scoffed. "Maybe this time you can actually learn how to have a healthy relationship."

His expression fell, and he gazed at her sadly. "I said I'm sorry."

Azami just rolled her eyes. "Yeah, because that makes it all better," she snapped. "Just go chase after the next princess you've come across. I really don't care anymore."

He opened his mouth to speak, but seemingly decided against it, and instead he just walked out, leaving Azami alone. Her gut twisted - was she being unfair? She wasn't, was she? After all, he's the one that chose this.

She shook her head, before deciding to head out and explore the tribe. Even though she didn't have any plans, she wasn't about to waste the day sitting around doing nothing. Besides, despite how much she'd traveled before the war, this was one place she'd always wanted to visit but had never actually been to.

A day alone to clear her thoughts would probably help a lot. Anything to take her mind off of Sokka's activity with Yue.

Sokka P.o.V.

"Princess Yue! Good morning!"

The princess looked over at him in surprise as he panted, rushing to catch up with her boat. After a moment he did, and he just grinned nervously as he walked alongside her. "How about that picnic last night? Boy, your dad sure does know how to throw a party."

She smiled back at him. "I'm happy you enjoyed yourself."

"Well, it wasn't as much fun after you left," he admitted, and the two both blushed. "So, I'm still hoping we can see more of each other?"

Yue smirked. "Do an activity, you mean?"

"Yes!" he exclaimed, his voice cracking slightly. "At a place... for some time."

"I'd love to," she grinned, pointing at a bridge ahead of them. "I'll meet you at that bridge tonight."

His smile widened, and he waved at her. "Great! I'll see you-"

Not watching where he was going, he didn't realize that he had reached the end of the walkway, and fell straight into the water. He quickly pulled himself out, Yue's laugh echoing through his ears. "Sorry!" she called out to him.

"That's okay!" he replied, before lying back down on the path. "It was... worth... it." His voice trailed off as he felt a twinge of unease in his gut. Something about this felt... wrong. He paid it no mind, though - he'd just scored a date with Yue!

Nighttime couldn't come quickly enough. After having prepared himself to look presentable, he raced to the bridge as soon as it was time. When he arrived, Yue was already there, waiting for him. He smiled as he moved to stand right next to her.

"Hi Princess Yue," he smiled. "I made you something." He pulled out the carving he'd worked on all afternoon, showing it to her. "I carved it myself."

"It's a bear," she deadpanned at him.

He rotated it, showing her the intended viewing angle. "Actually, it's supposed to be a fish," he admitted. "See it... has a fin."

"Oh," she muttered, seeming distracted. She turned to him, her eyes sad. "I'm sorry. I made a mistake. I shouldn't have asked you to come here!"

Before he could say anything, she'd already ran off, leaving him confused and alone on the bridge. He glanced down at the carving, clenching it in anger and throwing it off the bridge. So much for that.

He'd messed up another relationship. Again.

Azami P.o.V.

Well, Azami's day hadn't been anything particularly special. Mostly just a hike around the tribe followed by a couple hours petting Appa. But at least she wasn't the miserable one for once.

Sokka had stormed back in, and surprise surprise, another princess had told him off. Azami was proud of Yue - so she did have taste after all.

"I don't know what happened," the teenager ranted to them. "One minute she wants to go out with me, and the next she's telling me to get lost." He pouted, laying down on his front. "So how's waterbending training?"

"It's like Azami said," Aang snapped. "Master poophead won't teach her beacuse she's a girl."

"I mean, you could still try to teach her yourself," Azami offered to them. "Just teach her everything Pakku teaches you during the evenings when no one's around."

Katara's head shot up. "I completely forgot about that!" she exclaimed. "It makes sense. You have someone to practice with, and I get to learn waterbending! Everyone's happy!"

"I'm not happy," Sokka grumbled.

Azami just glared at him. "No one cares, Ponytail."

Aang and Katara both raced out, ready to start their practice. In the meantime, Azami just created a tiny ball of blue flame and guided it around the room, smirking as Momo chased after it. Even if people pissed her off to no end, animals had a unique way of bringing her a sense of peace.

To her surprise, though, the two benders returned far sooner than she expected. "That was fast," she remarked. "You two ready to head to the Earth Kingdom yet?"

"Uh... not exactly," Aang mumbled nervously. "We sort of... got caught."

So lo and behold, late the next day, the four of them stood before the entire Northern council. It comprised of - wait for it - two middle-aged men, including the chief, four elder men, including Pakku, and most surprising of all, Yue. Wow, what a great and diverse leadership that is totally representative of their people.

At least Yue was there, though Azami doubted she was actually allowed much input at all.

"What do you want me to do?" Arnook questioned them. "Force Master Pakku to take Aang back as his student?"

"Yes!" Katara insisted. "Please."

Arnook glared at her. "I suspect he might change his mind if you swallow your pride and apologize to him."

Don't do it, Azami silently begged, but Katara seemingly relented. "Fine," she spat out.

Pakku smirked. "I'm waiting, little girl."

Katara's face filled with rage, and Azami wanted nothing more than to cheer her on, but she knew to stay quiet. For now, at least.

"No," she snapped. "No way am I apologizing to someone like you!"

Pakku just gave her a fake pout. "I think you need to learn proper emotional control, child."

Katara was absolutely fuming at this point, and the rest of the gaang leaned away from her nervously. "Well, you know what I think?" she yelled at him. "I think you're all just too terrified about the prospect of women being as strong, if not stronger than you!"

Pakku scoffed. "That's ridic-"

"Then prove it," Katara snarled, the ice at her feet cracking. "Fight me, and prove that you are actually competent with your element, old man. Or were you just putting on a show last night to try and make yourself seem better than you are?"

"Apologize now, or you will be banished from our tribe," Arnook threatened her.

Katara just let out a quick laugh. "No," she mocked. "I guess you're all just going deaf, because there is no way will I apologize to a bunch of balding, wrinkled old cowards like you who can't even be bothered to step foot in a global war!" She turned to leave, and started to walk out before pausing for a moment. "I'll be outside, if you're man enough to fight me."

With that, she marched out of the building, leaving everyone else in shock. Everyone but Azami, that is.

She just grinned. Go off, sis.

Katara P.o.V.

Racing down the steps, Katara took off her parka, tossing it aside. She knew she would have a fight coming soon, and if Pakku didn't start it then she would. To her surprise, her words had actually come out far stronger than she initially intended. Reflecting on what she said, she realized she actually meant every word - including that the North were cowards for abandoning the war.

She never really paid attention to it before now, but she was starting to realize there was a part of her, a burning core of anger in her towards the North that she hadn't been able to explain now. Though she wasn't alive at the time, she'd heard the stories - the Fire Nation invaded her home, the Southern Water Tribe, stolen all their waterbenders one by one, and the North sat by and did nothing. They'd just sat back and watched as their sister tribe burned.

All the more reason to make Pakku pay in this fight. Even if she knew it was a lost cause and that she couldn't win, she'd go down trying, and hopefully that would be enough.

"Are you crazy, Katara?" her brother's voice echoed from up the stairs, and glancing up she saw him racing towards her. "You're not going to win this fight."

She raised an eyebrow, glaring at him. "Does it look like I care?"

He gulped, and wisely shut his mouth. Looking back up, she saw Aang and Azami both racing down to join her, followed by Pakku, who was just strolling down without a care in the world. Sexist pig.

"So, you decided to show up?" Katara taunted, but was ignored. "Where are you going? Aren't you going to fight?"

Pakku smirked. "Go to the healing huts with the other women where you belong." Her vision started to turn red, and without thinking she created a whip out of water and smacked Pakku with it. He stopped, his boddy tensing. "Fine. You want to learn to fight so bad? Study closely!"

Pulling two streams of water from nearby pools, Pakku quickly bent a ring of water around himself before launching it at Katara. She raced to meet it, but wasn't able to stop it from colliding with her. She quickly got back up as the elder waterbender formed a larger ring surrounding them.

"Don't worry, I'm not going to hurt you," he mocked, and she flicked the water away from them. She against raced towards him, hoping to get close, but he formed a ramp of ice to defend himself. Rather than come to a screeching halt, she raced up the ramp, jumping off and landing on a nearby post.

Pakku bent the ramp into a large wave, which raced towards Katara. Thinking quickly, she heeded Azami's advice and did what felt instinctual. She twisted her feet, causing a layer of ice to form up to her ankles and secure her in place. Reaching out, she grabbed the wave and bent it around her.

"You can't knock me down!" she declared, and felt a rush of exhileration as a forming crowd cheered for her. Releasing the ice at her feet, she again raced towards Pakku. This time, he only formed a small wall of ice that she was quickly able to bend away from her. She threw several punches, even managing to land one but it did little as Pakku blasted her into one of the two pools with another wave.

Leaning up, she summoned a block of ice from the pool and started to launch razor-sharp discs towards the elder. He broke several, but one almost shaved his face, and he sent her a weird look afterwards. She took this opportunity to get out of the pool and bend a large stream towards Pakku, which he redirected and turned into an even larger wave that shoved Katara all the way back to the stairs.

Taking a deep breath, she got back up suddenly and bent two massive pillars of snow onto Pakku, who finally appeared to be caught off guard. Or so she hoped. Alas, Pakku was ready for it, turning the pillars into mist before they could reach him. "Well, I am impressed," he admitted. "You are an excellent waterbender."

"But you still won't teach me, will you," she questioned.

He smirked. "No."

Her rage starting to take over again, she bent a roll of ice towards Pakku, but he simply rose on a tower of ice he created, before turning it into a stream of water that he rode on around her. As he flew by, he knocked her over, causing her necklace to come loose.

She tried to get back up, but before she had the chance, Pakku rained down dozens of icicles around her, trapping her from moving. "This fight is over," he declared.

Though she knew he was right, she refused to admit it. "Come back here!" she demanded. "I'm not finished yet!"

"Yes, you are," he taunted, before pausing at the sight of her necklace. He leaned down, picking it up by the ribbon. "This is my necklace," he breathed in awe.

"No, it's not!" Katara yelled at him. "It's mine! Give it back!"

He ignored her, still staring at it. "I made this sixty years ago," he wondered aloud, and the ice holding Katara melted. "For the love of my life. For Kanna."

She glanced over at him in shock. "My gran-gran was supposed to marry you?"

Sokka P.o.V.

Well that was an unexpected turn of events. The crowd had dispersed, and Pakku was lamenting how Kanna - Sokka's grandmother - had abandoned him and the tribe, fleeing to the South to escape her marriage.

To his surprise, beside him Yue burst into tears, and ran off. He went to follow her, but before he could he felt someone grab his arm. He looked back in surprise to see Azami glaring at him, hard. She said nothing, but the message was clear - don't mess this up again.

"I won't," he promised her, and she let go of his arm.

He quickly chased after Yue, and after nearly an hour he eventually found her alone on the same bridge they had met at before. "What do you want from me," she demanded, not facing him.

"Nothing," he admitted truthfully. "I just wanted you to know... I'm sorry if I made you uncomfortable before. And whatever reason you have for not liking me, I'll understand."

"Sokka, you don't understand," she insisted, refusing to look at him. "You can't understand."

He shook his head. "If you don't want to tell me, that's fine. I know that it's hard to open up to others. The truth is, I... I think I made a mistake too."

She glanced over at him in surprise. "What do you mean?"

"I... I'm in love with someone else," he admitted, and her eyes widened in shock. He glanced down, not wanting to watch her reaction to what he was about to say. "It took me a while to realize it, but by the time I had I screwed up things between us, and so I guess I just... I saw you, and I really do think you're beautiful, so I guess I just chased after you in desperation. I'm sorry."

Her expression softened. "It's Azami, isn't it?" He nodded in response, unable to meet her gaze. "What happened between you two?"

"It's complicated," he sighed, before glancing up and smiling softly. "I'm not sure you'd understand."

She smiled back slightly in return, and after a moment, they both confided in each other. It felt good for him to have someone to talk to again, even if he wished it was someone else.

Azami P.o.V.

The next day came, and Aang left early for his classes. After a while, Azami realized - Pakku had anounced the previous evening that he would be willing to teach any female who wished to learn, including Katara.

Which meant the girl was now late for her hard-earned lessons.

Quickly racing to her room, Azami slammed the door open to see the waterbender still passed out on her bed. "Get up!" she yelled, before racing over and stealing Katara's pillow from under her head. "C'mon, you really shouldn't be sleeping in!"

The waterbender yawned before glancing up in surprise. "Can I have that back?" she asked in a sleepy tone, reaching for the pillow.

"No," Azami smirked, throwing it away from her. "Katara, you should've left almost an hour ago for your lessons. You know, your waterbending lessons." The sleepy girl just stared at her in confusion for a moment before her eyes widened, quickly jumping up and racing out. She hadn't even taken the time to get changed or put on her parka - she was just up and gone.

Azami laughed as she chased after the waterbender, eventually arriving at Pakku's class. "What do you think you're doing?" the man demanded, glaring at Katara, before smirking. "It's past sunrise. You're late."

The firebender grinned, pushing Katara forwards slightly. "You got this." The waterbender glanced back gratefully at her for a moment and left to join the class. Azami watched from the sideline for a bit, happy for her friend, although the feeling slowly began to fade as she realized that now all the others besides her were going to be busy.

She had no plans, she wasn't allowed to use firebending, not even to train - this was going to be a very long stay for her.

A/N; Ahhhhh almost at 10k views on this fic I can't believe it! Never once thought it would get to this point, but I'm beyond thrilled that it has. To, uh, "celebrate" I guess, I'll be uploading the next chapter a lot earlier than normal whenever that milestone is reached, so stay tuned for that.

Ngl, this chapter was a bit hard to get motivation for at first, but once it started to set in I kinda raced through it, which is always a nice feeling. I've been noticing that I'm having motivation issues with several of the more recent chapters, though, so I'm probably going to take a bit of a break once I finish book one and then come back with book two either later in the Christmas break or early next year.

This does not mean that I'm losing motivation for the story at all, however, and it certainly isn't going away anytime soon. Just going to take a bit of a break since I've basically been uploading around once a week since late August.

There are a few parts of this chapter I'm iffy on, but overall I'm pretty satisfied with how it turned out, even if it doesn't actually change that much from the original (outside of the Yue and Sokka stuff, which believe me, is going to be continued heavily. You'll understand where it's going soon enough.)