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Katara regarded the young noble stoically. She'd expected the challenge to come from Tatsuo or one of the older noblemen; men who'd served Ozai. This young man – no, he was still a child - was no older than Aang had been when she'd first seen him all those years ago.

And suddenly she realized Tatsuo had won.

Once the boy challenged her she would be obligated to fight him, and to win. Fire Nation law demanded the Fire Lord show no mercy, not even to a child. She would never follow that law, and Tatsuo knew it.

"I challenge-"

"Stop."