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"Come with me."

She stood, following the older man as he wove his way through twisting corridors that she still had trouble navigating. Silent soldiers lined the hallways. Iroh didn't spare them a second glance, but Katara couldn't help looking and wondering how many she'd faced during the war.

Heavy metal masks had shielded their faces back then. She wouldn't know them now, but those Fire Nation soldiers would remember her, a waterbender and an enemy of their great nation. And now, she was their Fire Lord.

She wondered, would they fight for her or would they fight for Tatsuo?