Nine months? That's almost a whole year! [ Almost as long as they'd been friends. He is silent for a moment. ]

That was some nice bending. [ Abrupt subject change. ] It's at least fun around here, isn't it? [ He knows that's not much Katara, but he really hopes you've been able to stay happy even in different world. ] I bet here are a lot of those little guys running around! [ He's talking about the pokemon. ]