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        Zuko looked at Azula, unsure what to say.

                                   “Azula please...                                          I thought I’d come keep you company.                                          After all, you are my sister...”

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Izumi raised a brow, and calmly walked towards her father, who’d apparently fallen asleep at his desk yet again. This was the fourth time this week he  seemed to have overexhausted himself–which worried her mother–and consequently worried her.

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      Zuko was a bit surprised.           He was tired, but he thought he            that up pretty well. He smiled            at Izumi, happy that she cared.

                 "Sweetie, I’m fine                     I just really need to get this work done,                     the Fire Nation Conference is next week”

Lin nodded and did as she was told. The young earthbender, like her mother, wasn’t too fond of animals, especially those that didn’t touch the ground, but she really wanted that ice cream with extra sprinkles. Besides, going on this little adventure with the Fire Lord was rather exciting. 

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       Zuko hopped onto the dragon himself            and checked that Lin was holding on.

                 “C’mon Druk”, he whispered

        The sleeping dragon woke up and             looked at his two passengers with            groggy eyes.

      Katara wiped the tears drizzling down her face on the sleeve of her dress, clearing her throat slightly. The pain ached up her leg, radiating through her body and sending a shiver down her spine. Katara let out a weak sigh, watching Zuko walk back with a cup of water in his hands.

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          Zuko didn’t know what to say.                   He awkwardly watched on in silence as Katara                   healed her leg. Waterbending never fails to amaze                   Zuko, but at the same time, it made his heart ache.            It reminded him that he was a firebender.                   Like that firebender who hurt Katara, he was capable                   of nothing but destruction. And he blamed himself for that.

Izumi couldn’t help but giggle at the comment, wiping her nose with the back of her hand. “Yeah, I guess so.”

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                              “...” 

      Zuko paused and looked at his daughter,           a small smile creeping to the edge of           his mouth.

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        Zuko tiptoed across the courtyard to where             Druk was sleeping, securing little Lin             tightly on his shoulders.

                  “Hang on to his scale,”

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       Zuko smiled softly and patted his daughter            on the head.

                                “Yea, remember that time                                       when he was trying to show                                        off his flips and fell into the                                       the turtle duck pond?                                  Honestly... what a dork.”

                          ❝ I’ve always had to sᴛʀᴜɢɢʟᴇ and ғɪɢʜᴛ                                                    and that’s made me sᴛʀᴏɴɢ❞

                sᴏɴ ᴏғ Uʀsᴀ

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         Zuko sighed, relieved. He quickly picked             little Lin up and put her on his shoulders,             hoping to get away from the crime scene             before Toph arrives.

                   “Shhhh, if you want ice cream with                        extra sprinkles, you have to be                        extra quiet.”

She could hear her father approach, footsteps coming to a stop before her bed as he leaned over and pressed a kiss to her temples. 

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        Hearing that boy’s name... made Zuko’s blood boil.             He never liked him, and always wished that             Izumi never dated him.

                                  “Sweetie, it’s okay...                                          Hong Lee isn’t that great anyway...                                           You’ll find someone much better than him.                                           Do you want me to order some of your                                           favourite flaming fire flakes?”