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"The miners!" Katara shouted, nearly jumping from his embrace. "They're injured and trapped in the infirmary. We have to save them!"

Li scrambled, adjusting his hold to avoid dropping her as she squirmed. By the end, she was precariously perched in his arms, inches from his face while he struggled to keep them from tumbling to the ground.

Once again she was struck by his similarity to Zuko. If not for a cruel father's whim, Zuko would've been a handsome man. She wondered if the Mother of Faces had given him this face intentionally; a mirror of what was lost.