My Eywa || AVATAR

2 🍃~The Party~🍃

Once everyone had completed their ritual, in my humble opinion, Neteyam had demonstrated the greatest skill, agility, and determination among all the candidates for Ikran Makto on this occasion.

I didn't hear from him again. Once he joined his ikran, he took off into the air and disappeared among the waterfalls and mountains that adorned the landscape before my eyes. At least, not until that night.

Spider and Lo'ak were heading towards the clan settlements. Along with Neytiri and a girl who had been injured in her attempt to bond with the majestic creature, preventing her from completing the ritual on this occasion. Meanwhile, Kiri and I walked together towards the human base.

Luckily for me, descending the mountains was nothing compared to the effort it took me to climb them.

Kiri offered to accompany me to the laboratory because I longed to take a bath and prepare myself for the upcoming celebration in the Omaticaya clan, and she wanted to visit Grace. Her biological mother.

Whenever possible, Kiri enjoyed visiting us at the laboratory, mainly Spider and me, but without fail, she always took a moment to see, and even talk to, Grace's avatar.

She also mentioned on the way that she wanted to finish watching some video diaries of Grace, where the scientist explained the connection between the Tree of Souls, Eywa, and the Na'vi from her rigorous, methodical, and scientific perspective.

"I couldn't see the ending last time," she told me as we walked towards our destination, and then added, "Lo'ak's skawng kept insisting that I join him in exploring the forest, claiming he had seen something strange." I couldn't help but burst into laughter; that was so Lo'ak. Noticing that she had no intention of continuing the conversation, I asked curiously, "So, what did Lo'ak see?"

Sporting one of her trademark mocking expressions, she exclaimed, "NOTHING!" And we both burst into laughter. "My brother Della is delusional," she added. "His thirst for adventure and desire to become a warrior has him hallucinating at this point," she teased.

She continued to tell me small anecdotes about Lo'ak and his desperate attempts to embark on adventures and take risks. We laughed and mocked him a bit, and well, since we were at it, there were also a few jokes aimed at Spider.

"You're convincing me to hang out with you more often," I confessed amidst laughter. "I can't believe I missed seeing Lo'ak with his tongue stuck to that plant just because Spider dared him," I said.

   All these stories sounded incredibly fun, and it was in that moment that two strong emotions collided within me. They hit me with such force that I had to come to a halt and take a deep breath.

First, an intense desire to be a part of these tales surged within me. They must have been so much more exhilarating to experience in person. I felt regret. Profound and immense regret for not joining them all those times they invited and insisted I accompany them.

And secondly, understanding struck me like a lightning bolt, swift and powerful: I needed to make changes in my life from now on. Pandora has so much to offer—the flora, the fauna, the spirituality—but most importantly, its people. I had been spending too much time alone, tirelessly trying to understand the planet I came from, and as a result, I wasn't fully embracing the planet I currently call home.

Kiri looked at me with a puzzled expression as I took this sudden action, but before she could say anything, I excitedly exclaimed with a huge smile on my face, "I want to go next time!" almost shouting.

Kiri's face was a canvas of emotions. On the surface, it displayed pure joy and excitement. But I also detected a hint of satisfaction and smugness in her smile. I realized that this entire conversation had a purpose: to make me realize what I was missing out on and decide to join them more often.