Iroh dusted the front counter and put down his feather duster to sample some of the new tea concoctions, but as a tester of course.

His cheeks went red as some particularly hot tea went sizzling down his throat and clearing it, he looked out the front window. Where a destitute looking young couple were joined together at the side and turned to look into the tea shop, a little apprehensively.

"Look at that lovely couple outside. Maybe that will be you one day, Zuko, when you bring that lovely young lady friend home with you..."

Zuko turned to his uncle and grimaced, then looked out the window whipping back around, suprised.

"Uncle! Can't you tell who that is? Or are you blinder than I thought?" he said in his usual angry tone.

Iroh turned to him a little sadly, "Yes... I believe it's that young girl that I was convinced was a boy... " he took another gulp of tea. "But then we found out she was a lovely young lady! Imagine that!"

Zuko continued to be bitter "They're probably here spying on us... for him..."

The boy with the ears sticking out from underneath the wicker hat, looked sadly in at Iroh, causing Iroh to shake his head with a confident answer. "No. I believe that they are very regretful and saddened by their friends actions..."

"They should be." Zuko said angrily before stalking off to the back.

The boy outside, pulled the girl he had his arm around, closer to him and they turned away from the window. They'd said all they needed to say.

They wouldn't bother the two refugees Jet had previously been following anymore.

Everyone would be allowed to live quietly, pretending that they could all have a brand new start.

Perhaps, it was the same for everyone in this city, brainwashed into thinking they were safe.

To the couple that were in front of the window. Their safety was each other. And they relied on that and only that... to the very end.

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