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I am sooooo bored.
Originally I was going to do something deep and philosophical about creation myths, but I decided against it. And just so you know, I'm working on a season finale special, so I might not be around as much.
Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooored.
36. Creation
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, that was the way of the world and the way everyone lived. It is expected, it is known.
But nowadays, creation starts in a hospital. Lucky how that was where Lu Ten spent his days, ever since his grandfather decided it was time for him to overcome his potentially career-threatening fear of blood.
Creation was also something private enough that Lin had told him to wait outside the delivery room until it was over — yes, Lu Ten understood the mechanisms of it, and no, he didn't want to watch anyways. So he waited, watching the nervous husband pacing back and forth until a nurse came and brought the man into the room. A baby's cries escaped the room for a moment as the door stood ajar, and the words congratulations and healthy.
Lu Ten didn't know when he had started holding his breath, but it all whooshed out now. His father had told him once, after Zuko had been born, that when babies were involved in anything, people became emotional, irrational. So it was perfectly natural for anyone to be a little nervous while one was being born.
There was really no need for it here, though. Lin was the best healer the Fire Nation had — as annoying as she could be sometimes. She knew what she was doing when it came to anything medical.
She also seemed to know what she was doing when she leaned out of the room and said, "You should see this." The smile on her face was not the one she used when she planned on laughing him out of the room. Her expression was more serene, more gentle. It was the only reason he agreed.
"There are some good things that come of blood," she said, as a few nurses carried piles of bloodied linens from the room. "This is one of them."
Methinks they are getting along too much.
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