The first time Aang had tried to give Katara a panda lily, he ended up saving the town from the volcano. The second time he tried to give Katara a panda lily was several years later. That time he ended up having to save the fortune teller. The third time Aang tried to give Katara a panda lily, she was sick and the flower withered before she had even gotten to receive it. The last time Aang tried to give Katara a panda lily was the day before her eighteenth birthday. There was no need to go to the town, but Aang insisted.

He climbed the volcano alone this time, and descended a while later, sweaty and covered in dirt. He bowed before her, head to his knees, and held the flower out in front of him.

"It only took me four years, but Katara, I want you to have this."