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    "Sokka" Zuko spoke, garnering the tribesman's attention.

    "Fire Lord Zuko," Sokka said, lowering his gaze to avoid Zuko's eyes, "you look well," Zuko felt so small.

    Sokka spoke mechanically, rehearsed, like the conversation was strained and the six words were something he might choke on.

    It dawned on him.

    Zuko was alone, not even Hakoda was here to defend him from the carnivorous harpies, it was just him. His hands shook, lips trembled, but he did his best to show face. His smile disappeared, his warmth dying like the last coals on a hearth, and Zuko felt cold.

    He hated the cold.

     

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    29 Jul 2024

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    When Sokka was born, the moon spirit saved his life. Now, three years after Fire Lord Iroh ascended the throne and called for an end to the war, arrangements are made for a union to ensure lasting peace between the nations- a marriage between Prince Sokka of the Northern Water Tribe and Prince Zuko of the Fire Nation. As the two princes struggle to find equal footing, rebels still loyal to Ozai threaten to bring an end to the fragile peace through any means possible.

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    26 Jun 2024

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    Zuko had never excelled at anything. Azula was a prodigy. Uncle always knew what to say. And Father... Father was strong, iron-like. But Zuko had only ever been good at surviving. Putting one foot in front of the other in a grim show of stubborn determination, gritting his teeth and bearing it. Survival was all he had ever been taught. He knew how to do it. So when he was kidnapped by the Southern Water Tribe, he expected to fight as he always had. He didn’t expect to be taught instead how to live.

    In a warring land, the Water Tribe forgave the enemy in an act of defiance. For this, he was torn from them, and this time, his wounds won't heal so easily.

    Forced back into nothing but survival, the last person Zuko expected to see was Hakoda's son. Hakoda was a promise of safety. The relentless blue of Sokka’s eyes was a promise of happiness. Zuko could have both if he just reached out his hands, but he found them clutching into fists. After all, he’d been burned one too many times.

    But hey, at least between Hakoda and Sokka, Zuko could appreciate the family resemblance of pure, asinine stubbornness.

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    16 Jun 2024

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    44 (read summary again dumbass)

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    Zuko tries to live an anonymous life in Ba Sing Se and leave his old identity behind but that's not so easy when there's a refugee from the Water Tribes who insists on getting to know him better.

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    10 Jun 2024

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    High Sage Kenji blesses Fire Prince Zuko with the resilience of the reed, who bends in the wind and never breaks. When he is done, Fire Prince Ozai narrows his eyes, seemingly displeased by this blessing. But Kenji does not speak for himself; he is only a vessel. 

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    The newly-crowned Fire Lord Ozai offers his firstborn son to service in the temple.

    This turns out to be a catastrophic mistake.

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    30 May 2024

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    19 ba sing sayyy library