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Even in the dark damp light, I can feel the hatred emanating from my father. The remarks I'm sure he was imagining made of pure venom sitting on his tongue, the unadulterated loathing in his eyes.

Nice to see you too dad, I think to myself.

"What do you want?" he spits at me.

I freeze at first, but then I recover from the venom he's thrown. "I brought you some tea." I set the tray down in front of the cell. "This tea isn't made to drink, it's made for you to inhale the aroma. Uncle says that it's the best tea for calming the mind and strengthening the senses." I gather up my robes and sit on the floor with him. "It's called Sengi, from the Sengin bush."

I can see him sniff the air for the scent of the tea and I can see the recognition on his face when he realizes where he remembers the scent from.

"This smell…." He whispers.

I smile at his recognition. "Yeah, she used to wear a perfume made from the Sengin bush all the time. She used to tell me that she needed it because she had to deal with unreasonable people all the time. It wasn't until all these years later I realize that she meant you."

He looks at me deep into my eyes, he must've figured it out by now. "You found her,didn't you?"

Bingo. "Yeah, I did."

He leans forward. "Where?"

"Why should I tell you? What do you care about it?"

He sits but and turns away from me. "I didn't love your mother back then and I don't love her now." He turns his head toward me. "The question is why have you come down to tell me?"

I shrug. "I don't know, maybe I just thought you should know what's going on with your family."

"You are no family of mine." He says with such defiance and certainty that I forget that he is still my father. "You lost that bond when you betrayed me."

I scratch the back of my head. "I don't think we ever really had that relationship." I stand up slowly. "I'm not saying that I don't want you to be part of my family, but it's not too late for us to have some semblance of a relationship."

He turns his nose up at me and looks away. That's all the evidence I need. I know we'll never have a good relationship, I just needed to come down here and remind myself of that.

"That's all?" He leans forward as far as he can, as far as the chains will allow him. His eyes dead set on the ground. "You came down here to tell me about your ridiculously boring peaceful life!" He looks up now, eyes full of rage, spit flying from his mouth. "I was the Phoenix King! I don't care about your miserable little feelings! I hate you! I hope one day you rot in the same prison you've left me in!"

I muster up some courage to focus and say these words. "I'm sure you remember that girl I married some time ago. She's pregnant with my child."

"Bah, what do I care about some stupid little girl and her stupid belly? I hope the kid turns out just as bad a disappointment as you!"

For just a moment, I lose my cool and the air becomes hotter around me. Using every fiber of strength in my body and every ounce of composure I have left, I say what I came here to say. "That child's name is Izumi, and she is the heir to the throne. She is a far better firebender than Azula was and an even greater strategist than Uncle ever was. She will be the greatest Firelord this country will ever see because she has a compassion that is far greater than your passion."

I turn around and storm out of Ozai's dungeon, leaving him to rot, but as I do I swear I heard him whisper.

"Good."

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