Disclaimer: Avatar the Last Airbender copyright Dante Dimartino, Brian Konietzko and Nickelodeon Studios.


Zuko's scar had always been a part of him. In her mine, it and he were inseparable. She couldn't imagine Zuko any other way. This boy, however, was different. She easily saw him carefree and unscarred; could easily imagine the man he would've grown to be, un-marred by the touch of fire. Now, that man would never exist because of her. It sat uneasily on her conscience.

He scuttled behind the counter, offering her a crooked grin along with the shark-squid his grandfather had finished cooking. "It may not be the prettiest, but Gramps's the best cook in the market!"