Avatar: Rise of War
At the palace:
Zuko sat in a superior manner, his hands rested on his knees, his body clearly tense. Aang sat next to the fire lord, confusion flashed across his face as he pondered about what Zuko was thinking of. "Um, Fire Lord?" A war general questioned, eyebrow raised in a questioning manner. "Yes? Sorry, I kind of…uh…zoned out." Zuko said, shrugging one shoulder, grinning sheepishly. "The war meeting is over now, it has been for at least 3 minutes. We've been waiting for your dismissal cue." The general said, raising his right index finger and pointing to at least half of the reform crew.
As always, Zuko dismissed the war meetings, well, they weren't really war meetings anymore, were they. Perhaps…peace meetings?
Anyway, it didn't matter as Zuko and Aang walked out of the silent throne room, meeting up with Mai and Ty Lee. "Zuko, how did things go?" Mai asked, the lethargic, textured, high alto voice the same as usual. Ty Lee, hyper and pink, bounced energetically up and down as she talked until Zuko left for the courtyard. Ty Lee then walked the other way, meeting up with Katara, Suki, and Sokka for an afternoon swim.
"Zuko, what were you thinking about in there?" Aang asked, curious as always. Zuko gave a heavy sigh, and looked out at the pond, littered with turtle-ducklings. "Oh, it's Azula, again," Zuko started, still staring out into the stillness of the water. Aang gave a small "oh" and looked down. Azula. The name of the ex-princess. Recently known as "Crazula", "cleverly" named by Sokka. "She really does have you worried, doesn't she." Aang said, sympathy in his voice. "Yes, her mental health hasn't gotten the least bit better since she was put in the…asylum." Zuko said, hesitating at the word "asylum". "Yeah, she's been kind of on my "worried list" right now. I mean, I'm sure that my mother could solve everything…heal her…do something!" Zuko said, annoyed at himself for not taking better care of his little sister right now, especially in her time of need.