Lin inclined her head slightly in acknowledgment. Truth be told, she'd thought it might take even longer, what with the less-than-ideal setting and the unfamiliar resources at hand. A month was a long time to spend in a hospital--especially for Aang, whom she knew would be going stir-crazy within the week--but to expect any less would be unreasonable.

As for Katara--

It was the little things here that got to you in the end. Not that Katara's not being here was insignificant--not by a long shot. But for some reason the absence of people you'd grown used to was harder to deal with than the other, greater inconveniences of living in a city on a turtle.

"Yes, well." A light huff, a wry, humorless twist of the lips. "I imagine he does."