A/N: I live! Welcome back to this story! Thank you everyone who favorited or followed, and especially to the guests who left reviews. They inspired me to get back to writing this chapter! Also, to the guest who asked about Mai in the last chapter, no, sorry, this is a different Mai.
Conversation stops as everyone turns to stare at Father.
"What?"
"I met the Fire Lord," Father repeats casually. "He seemed very interested in returning war prisoners safely home. He visited my prison, and I heard he went to others. He even argued with the warden."
Mai Sen beams.
"I told you! The Fire Lord is honourable."
"He is," Father agrees seriously. "He spent a long time as a refugee in the Earth Kingdom, he told me. He said citizens in the Earth Kingdom were very kind to him."
Song might have imagined it, but he seemed to glance at her.