Always Hoping
another missing moment from 'Day of Black Sun, Part 2: The Eclipse.'
He'd been too late! Iroh had escaped on his own, before Zuko could free him and beg his forgiveness.
Zuko wanted badly to find his uncle, but he knew training the Avatar in firebending had to come first. Running out of the prison, he spotted a lone sandal lying on the steps…
-sniff- Ugghh… definitely Uncle's.
Had it been dropped deliberately; an unspoken message? Iroh encouraging his nephew to track him, as when he'd been captured by earthbenders?
Zuko knew his uncle would never forgive him so easily, after everything he'd done. But he took the sandal with him anyway.