[He gives a light smirk at the joke; Airbenders are expected to be detached from the world, but there was never anything wrong with some emotional attachments. All a part of living freely.]

Yeah, it is. I... I tried back home, twice. But neither wound up sticking. [He gets a bad feeling that he shouldn't mention that one attempt involving Roku's great granddaughter temporarily killing him and all the other Avatars in one blow.] And I don't know what long term effects it will have on me. Katara's afraid that I might lose who I am.