[ Whenever Zuko's thoughts turn to Iroh there's the strangest combination of lightness and heaviness that sits on the center of his chest. Alayne isn't wrong - he does miss his uncle dearly, but that feeling - as deep as it runs - isn't a simple one. There's so much shame tied to it, that it darkens the hope Zuko quietly fosters of seeing the man again.
He has to make it right, he knows. He knows it like he's suddenly aware he's been quiet for much too long. ]
I'll see him again. [ Zuko caught how somber that sounded, and spoke again quickly trying to compensate for how awkward that was. ]
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Date: 2021-11-29 02:24 am (UTC)He has to make it right, he knows. He knows it like he's suddenly aware he's been quiet for much too long. ]
I'll see him again. [ Zuko caught how somber that sounded, and spoke again quickly trying to compensate for how awkward that was. ]
He had a teashop in Ba Sing Se, I worked there.
[ Smoothest recovery ever. ]