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“Fine.” You drop your stance, taking a hand to your head, the headache slowly goes away.
“Are you sure you’re okay?” Uncle asks, hesitantly raising his hand towards you.
“Yes, I’m fine. Let’s practice some firebending.”
Your Uncle moves his hand back. “Of course.”
For the next hour or two, you practice some advanced firebending techniques. You notice your uncle is surprisingly spry considering his lack of training. Fiery jump kicks and punches, broad circles of fires spurred from extending both his hands to opposite sides. It seems he spent his time with Zuko gaining back what he might’ve lost. You imitate him almost to a tee, turning the bridge into a grand display of firebending by two royals that the crew seems to enjoy.
By the time two hours pass, Uncle seems exhausted and stops the training. “Good training! But these old bones can’t keep up with a youth. I’m going to make more tea.”
“What?” You say. “There’s still tea right there.” You point to the tea set.
Strongly disappointed, Uncle shakes his head. “Lady Azula, one must not reheat tea, by the time it’s grown cold, the taste is gone. Like the lightning we generate, it dissipates back into the world.”
Like the lightning, huh? “Whatever, I’m thirsty anyway, I’ll finish it.” You pour yourself a cup and warm it up with your hands. You look at it intensely. “Like lightning.” You throw the contents of the cup upwards and watch the hot tea quickly grow cold with the northern air, the vapor emanating from it becoming one with the wind.
“What are you doing, Lady Azula?!” Iroh yells. “Even if tea has grown cold, it does not mean you should disrespect it!”
“Oh shut it old man.” A large vein pops out in Uncle’s forehead, clearly angered, but he regains his composure, pours the last of the tea in your cup and heads back inside.
You warm the last tea cup and drink it. The taste is completely off, of course, but the warmth remains, concentrated, given guidance.
Maybe you get it, maybe…
>Try to lightning bend.
>No, Uncle’s sayings are silly, maybe you can go inside and mess with Zuko a little bit.
