Tales of Fire
Lu Ten
He doesn't understand.
Father refuses to believe that I befriended this small Earth Kingdom family. I came back after another day of the killing, and I was so disgusted with myself, I went to bathe in a river. Odd for the son of the future Fire Lord, but I feel it's a sort of destiny. After all, while I was there, I saved a baby from drowning. The parents thanked me, until we found we were enemies.
I could not bring myself to kill an unarmed foe; that is something Father taught me. They gave me food to thank me, and told me they were entering Ba Sing Se, seeking an audience with one of the Earthbending Spirits, a great white wyrm. I told them of the siege, now five-hundred and ninety-eight days in. They told me they had to get their small, defenceless little girl to the spirit, for she, a child of two, could not see.
I promised them passage, but Father would not allow it. I pleaded, but he refused. I know he won't allow his soldiers to kill them, though. I have an ace in the hole.
When the Bai Phong Family would attempt to enter Ba Sing Se, they would be holding the son of Iroh hostage.
