PRETTY GIRL

Ty Lee thinks Azula's soul is made of liquid sunrises.

But, one afternoon a few years after the war ended, Mai says offhandedly to her friend, "She's pretty on the surface. That's why she's dangerous. On the inside, she's not."

Ty Lee swiftly says, "She's beautiful on the inside too. She has beautiful eyes."

"They're gold with nice lashes," Mai dryly replies.

Irrational anger surging within, Ty Lee states, "She has beautiful, expressive eyes that make me so happy. You can see what her soul is made of in them."

"Azula is a good actress. Her eyes are masks," Mai says, of which she is certain. Anyone would be. Anyone but Ty Lee, apparently.

"Her eyes are shreds of sunlight and you shut up about my true love."

"I will shut up about your true love." Mai sighs and studies her fingernails.

Pouting, the acrobat glowers at the fluffy white clouds above.

Ty Lee knows Azula's soul is made of liquid sunrises.