Sozai saw Kya's eyes close, as if the bomb dropped. "Sweetheart, go to your room, I'll come shortly." The little girl did as she was told. "Sozai –"
"Is that ... my daughter?"
Kya didn't say anything, she just nodded her head.
"I have a daughter. And you didn't even tell me anything!"
"Sozai, listen to me. If I did, then my family would be shamed and you would be disgraced and thought unfit to rule the Fire Nation. It was the only way."
"I don't care, what the rest of the world thinks of me, I have a daughter, and I didn't know anything about her until now. Now, 5 years later."
"Don't think that I didn't spend time thinking about this. I had a whole 9 months to think. I dreaded of the day when she would ask me 'mummy, do you know who is my daddy'. What would the world think? The Avatar's daughter a slut and you unfit to rule a nation. You know this Sozai, don't pretend you don't. You also have a wife, and from what I hear, she would blow up the Palace knowing if you have a child with another woman."
"I'd blow up her first, then." Sozai hissed.
"Look, Sozai, just go. You came here. You found out that everything is OK, now leave. It's late; I have to put my daughter to bed now." She tried to out walk Sozai, but he grabbed her hand.
"Kya, don't shut me out. I want to be a part of my daughter's life, now that I know she exists. And I don't care what the world thinks of me or us. They will have to understand, if it's such a big deal, that a father has to be there for the growing of his daughter."
Kya sighed, she knew he was right. "Ok, but not yet, I'm not ready, and so isn't she."
"I'll wait then. How long do you need?"
"A day."
"Very well. I'll go get Azulon. We'll come back tomorrow, what time?"
"Noon."
"Done." The long flowing robes of the Fire Lord billowed down the corridor.
"Oh and Sozai, there's one other thing, she's an ... earthbender ... does that change your opinion of your daughter a little bit?"
"Why would that change my mind?" Sozai did his famous smile, that Kya missed a lot.
