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Time to answer some questions!
Chapter 18:
Guest 1: I have noticed that Daimon Lixue's name does not follow the usual Water Tribe naming, like with what's on the Avatar Wiki: The names of the Southern and Northern Tribes' citizens often include one or two "K"s and have an "AH" sound (Katara, Hakoda, Sokka, Pakku, Kya, Kuruk, Kanna, Arnook, Korra, Tarrlok, Yakone, Noatak, Eska, Varrick etc.), such as happens in Fire Nation with the letter "Z". However, this does not happen in the Foggy Swamp Tribe.
Though some exceptions are Senna (Korra's mother) and Desna (Eska's twin brother).
My only explanation for Lixue's name is because of her Earth Kingdom heritage, from her mother's side. In which most Earth Kingdom people have names that are Chinese.
What do you think?
-Well I picked Lixue because it means beautiful snow in Chinese, but sure since her mom was Earth Kingdom it explains it in universe.
Guest 2: Yeah, in canon, it's never explained how Ozai became who he is. I can only guess that he developed an inferiority complex due to being the second-born, meaning that Iroh would get the throne while he would be left with no power. This would lead him to develop megalomania and became increasingly ruthless, eager to seek and seize any opportunity to get the throne, including through unethical means.
-Yeah, this fits good. ^^ We will see XD
Book 1.18: The Firebending Masters
Water.
Earth.
Fire.
Air.
Long ago, the four nations lived together in harmony.
Then, everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked.
Only the Avatar and Daimon, masters of all four elements, could stop them, but when the world needed them most, they vanished.
A hundred years passed, and my brother and I discovered the new Avatar and Daimon, an airbender named Aang and an earthbender named Hua.
And although his airbending and her earthbending skills are great they have a lot to learn before they're ready to save anyone.
But I believe Aang and Hua can save the world.
The next day an excited Hua sat before Zuko on a rock as he started their first lesson in firebending.
They had decided to train a bit further away from camp, not that they accidentally lit some of their things on fire!
Jaiyi was also with them, yawning cutely as Zuko began: "I know you're nervous, but remember, firebending in itself is not something to fear."
"I'm not nervous, I'm excited!", corrected Hua, jumping a little up and down on her seat.
For this Zuko gave her a serious look.
"Hua if you don't respect it…", he raised his word at the last parts, which made Hua and Jaiyi jump. "it'll chew you up and spit you out like an angry komodo rhino!"
Scared Jaiyi jumped onto Hua's lap and hugged her tight.
Jeez, Zuko could be scary when he wanted!
"Now show me what you've got. Any amount of fire you can make."
So Hua put Jaiyi back on the ground and showed Zuko her fire blast.
"Good, good.", nodded the banished prince. "You have a solid basis. We will together go over your scroll, and do the moves you know before I teach you the next level."
"Alright, Sifu Zuko!"
Getting called Sifu made Zuko turn a bit shy. He was far from a firebending master, he just hoped he could teach Hua what she needed.
They turned in the direction of the river and performed together the fire blast.
Well, this was the idea, however, Hua made a perfect one, while out of Zuko came just small flames and a puff of smoke.
Stupefied Zuko stared at the weak flames he made, while Jaiyi could be heard making a fox laugh.
"Erm, are you okay?", asked Hua, also stupified. "That was not how you normally made it."
"I know Hua! I don't know what's wrong!", he grumbled, before he tried the fire blast again.
Again nothing.
"What is going on?! That was the worst firebending I've ever seen!", shouted Zuko.
Hua shrugged and Jaiyi rolled around the ground from laughter.
"Jaiyi that's not funny!", turned Zuko his anger to the kyuubi. "How should I teach Hua firebending if…if I produce something so weak?!"
This made Jaiyi stop.
She gave a little apologetic whine and rubbed herself against Zuko's legs.
Signing Zuko patted the kyuubi.
He shouldn't take out his anger at Jaiyi.
"Maybe it's your shoulder? Katara and I worked on it yesterday, but it's not like it's completely healed.", gave Hua her theory of what could be wrong.
"Maybe. Maybe it's something with my chi-paths."
"Let's go back to camp. Katara and I will work on it again and pay special attention to the chi-paths."
They did just that.
Together Katara and Hua waved the water over Zuko's shoulder wound, while the other looked on.
Well, Sokka ate loudly his breakfast, Aang played with Momo and Jaiyi, and only Appa looked on.
"I don't know what to tell you Zuko.", signed Katara. "From what I can feel your chi paths seem alright."
"I agree, but they feel kinda cold, don't you agree Katara?", asked Hua.
Katara hummed and inspected the chi paths deeper.
Huh?!
"Okay, this is strange. The centre of the chi paths…it feels like a small flame…not like a burning fire you would expect from a firebender.", diagnosed Katara.
The girls retired the water.
Zuko looked at them worried.
"What does it mean?"
"I'm not an expert Zuko.", reminded Katara. "But if you ask me…your inner fire got smaller, that's why your bending is so weak."
A loud laugh escaped Sokka, which made all turn to him.
"I just find it ironic. As he hunted us down he was all angry Jerkbender, now he is part of the team and can't jerkbend anymore!"
"Sokka, that's not funny that's a huge problem!", chested him Katara. "How should Hua and later Aang learn firebending if Zuko can't anymore bend?!"
No one saw how Aang made a face because everyone expected him to learn firebending later too.
"What should we do now?", asked Hua in the round.
"My uncle is still near us with the ship.", told Zuko. "I will visit him, maybe he can help me. Also, I can bring the rest of the stuff to the camp."
"That's a good idea.", agreed Katara.
The others nodded.
Before Zuko just walked all the way to his ship Hua told him he could ride Jaiyi.
The kyuubi didn't have a problem with this order, turned big and Zuko mounted her.
He promised he would be back soon and Katara told him they would wait here for his return.
With this, he was off.
Katara and Aang trained together in waterbending, Hua her earthbending, while Sokka fished, as Jaiyi and Zuku returned.
"You are back!", greeted Hua and walked up to them.
Zuko jumped down from Jaiyi, petting the kyuubi, having a pensive look in his eyes.
"Could your uncle help?", asked Aang.
"Well, he told me it's a common reaction for a firebender to lose their Spark when they make huge changes in their life. Me joining you, made all the anger vapoured which with I filled my bending with."
"So you aren't angry enough to bend?", summarized Katara.
Suddenly Sokka leans towards Zuko and points a finger above.
"So, all we need to do is make Zuko angry. Easy enough."
He starts poking Zuko with his club's hilt in the head and waist several times, laughing.
"Okay, cut it out!"
Unamused Zuko takes the club from him and throws it somewhere on the side.
"Well, did your uncle tell you a way to get your Spark back?", wondered Aang.
The face Zuko made would be funny if the citation wasn't so dire.
"Yes, he told me he should go back to the original bending form. No more hate and anger. I'm all for not relying on anger and hat, but…"
"But…", chorused Hua, Aang and Katara together.
"The original firebenders were the dragons, and they're extinct."
"What do you mean ? Roku had a dragon, and there were plenty of dragons when Hua and I were kids.", said Aang surprised.
"Well, they aren't around anymore, okay?", yelled Zuko.
All took a step back, staring at him.
Frustrated Zuko rubbed his head.
"I'm sorry, I'm actually angry at my uncle, he told me this, even if he knows CLEARLY why there aren't any more dragons."
"You wanna talk about it?", offered Katara kindly.
He just shook his head.
"He told me, I should go to the place where the Sun Warriors, the first people who learned from the dragon's firebending lived."
This made Hua and Aang listen up.
"Where the Sun Warriors lived?", repeated Hua. "Long ago when Aang and I visited Kuzon we stumble across their ruins. It's there that I found Jaiyi. A little cub, barely weened from her mother. She was all alone so I took her with me."
"Besides the dragons, kyuubi's and also phoenixes were sacred animals for the Sun Warriors, since they all could firebend. No wonder you found her there.", explained Zuko.
This shocked anyone, even Hua.
"Jaiyi can firebend?", she turned to her kyuubi. "I never saw you do some fire."
Her kyuubi just yawned.
Well, this was also an answer.
"My uncle explained Kyuubi generate a special kind of fire, it's called Fox Fire, it's blue, burns cold and can apparently create illusions."
"Wow, I'm not messing with the Fluff Ball again.", mumbled Sokka.
"There is more."
"Of course, there is more!"
"The Sun Warrior civilisations are in the Fire Nation, it would take weeks on Appa to get there. We can't do that if we are this close to the North Pole."
"True."
"That's why we need Jaiyi's Fox Fire."
All just stared at him.
"So let me get this straight.", began Hua. She was riding Jaiyi, Zuku behind her. "In their prime time, the Sun Warriors built a system of shrines around the Nations devoted to the Kyuubi's, called Inari Shrines, after the All-Mother of all ninetails. When a Kyuubi sends his Fox Fire in it and jumps in they get transport to the Sun Warrior capital, where we hope to find something to get your fire back on."
"Yes. And you asked this a few times already."
"Just because it sounds insane! Are you sure your uncle isn't pulling your leg?"
"Uncle Iroh is a lot of things, but that's not the kind of jokes he makes."
Hua signed tired.
"And you sure if we jump back in the one we come out, we will return here?"
"That's what Uncle Iroh said."
"Did he ever travel boy Kyuubi Fox Fire?"
"Not that I know."
Now Hua groans.
"Hey, it will be okay."
Softly Zuko patted her head.
"I trust my Uncle, he wouldn't send us on a wild goose chase…I hope."
"You HOPE?!"
That's when Jaiyi let out a yip.
The humans saw an old and giant statue of ninetails.
It was overgrown, but you can still make it out.
Like the way behind it.
"We have found one of the shrines."
"Okay, then we will follow the way and hope the shrine still stands.", thought Hua aloud.
She let Jaiyi run up the way.
After a while, there really was a shrine!
Overgrown with plant life, but seemed still alright.
Together the humans and kyuubi ripped the plants away to clear the entrance.
As the entrance was free, Hua shivered staring down at the dark ominous entrance.
Inviting was something else.
"Okay Jaiyi, do your thing!", said Zuko.
Jaiyi just titles her head.
"You know…", he waved his hands around. "Make Fox Fire!"
The Kyuubi just yawned.
"Hua…help me."
"I'm coming Zuko."
Hua took Jaiyi's face in her hands and stared into her blue eyes.
"Girl I know you never have done it, but I need you to firebend like me, look."
The Daimon turned in the direction of the shrine and let out from her mouth a fire blast.
"See? Like this!"
Curious Jaiyi titles her head.
She stepped before the shrine.
Her mouth opened.
Zuko and Hua were tense.
Would she do it?!
Incredible, a little blue flame came out of Jaiyi's mouth!
"Yes that's good!", called Zuko.
"Bigger Jaiyi, girl, you can do it!", motivated Hua.
It took a while, however, a big blue flame burst from Jaiyi's mouth.
Hitting the shrine bullseyes, it lights up like nothing they have ever seen.
"Fast, let's get in it!", shouted Zuko.
They jumped on Jaiyi's back and raced into the shrine.
And they vanished.
"I can't believe we are really here.", whispered Hua in aww.
Zuko and her were walking around the majestic ruins of the Sun Warriors.
Jaiyi had decided to stay at the shrine they had come out of.
"Even though these buildings are ancient, there's something eerily familiar about them.", declared Zuko. "I can tell the Fire Sages' temples are somehow descended from these."
"That's cool, but I hope we find more than just buildings, Even a scroll would help!"
Out of nowhere Hua trips!
Spikes spring out of the ground, but thankful Hua earthbends the ground again above the spikes and rolls over it.
"Oh Spirits, what was that?!", she shouted, holding a hand on her fast-beating hand.
Zuko kneels down to inspect the tripwire.
"I can't believe it. This booby trap must be centuries old and it still works."
"How is this possible?!"
"I know you are scared, but Hua people don't make traps unless they've got something worth protecting."
"Uurgh so we go on?"
"We go on."
A whine escapes Hua.
So they walk around, climb a stair and find an interesting building before them.
"Look, this seems promising."
She points at a mural of a person being surrounded by two dragons who are breathing fire at him.
"But it doesn't look like a bending pose, wonder what this means."
"They look pretty angry to me.", pointed Zuko at the dragons.
"Wasn't you who said Dragons and Sun Warrior were friends?"
"Well, they had a funny way of showing it."
Without looking at her, Zuko moves away. Hua frowns, something is wrong and calls out: "Zuko, there is something you are not telling me. Something about the dragons, I'm right?"
"My great-grandfather Sozin."
"What's with him?"
They walked together over a bridge as Zuko explained: "He started the tradition of hunting dragons for glory. There were the ultimate firebenders. And if you could conquer one, your firebending talents would become legendary and you'd earn the honorary title, of Dragon."
They approach a path which has one dragon's statue on both sides and stop walking.
"The last great dragon was conquered long before I was born by my uncle."
A shocked gasp comes out of Hua.
"That's why you were so angry with him, telling you to go find the dragons. He is the reason they are extinct! I'm lost for words… your uncle doesn't seem the type."
"He had a complicated past. Family tradition, I guess. Let's just move on."
They do so.
Soon a a vertical column with a sunstone in the center was before them.
A wall with two gates, with the both walking toward them. As they both come closer, Zuko stops walking, and Hua runs to the gates and unsuccessfully tries opening the gates.
"It won't budge!"
Thinking Zuko rubs his head, and looks behind, before quickly going aside to see the sunstone from the column in front of the gates beaming light.
"Wait. It's a celestial calendar. Just like the Fire Sages have in their temples. I bet that sunstone opens the door, but only when sunlight hits at just the right angle. On the solstice."
"Well, we can't wait for the next solstice!", points Hua out, raising exparted her arms in the air.
However, she doesn't need to worry since Zuko has an idea. He uses his sword to direct the light to the sunstone and after a few seconds the gates open!
"Amazing Zuko!"
Happy Hua gives him a short hug.
"I'm so glad you are part of our team!"
This makes Zuko smile happily.
They enter the room, where an angry statue stares down at them.
Both split up to look around.
In the room are a lot of statues in different positions forming a circle.
Hua read the inscription on one of the statues: "It says this is something called the Dancing Dragon."
Thinking Hua puts her hand under her chin.
What could this mean?
She takes a step back to look at the statue better, before copying its stance.
A button on the ground gets pressed.
Surprised Hua comes out of the posture and examines the button. She looks around at all the statues, they all have these buttons behind them.
Maybe…?!
She runs toward Zuko, catches him by the hand, and pulls him.
"Zuko, I want you to dance with me!"
"Erm, wouldn't you prefer Aang and why suddenly?"
"Huh? Aang? Whatever, I think these statues are actually firebending forms, if we press the buttons while we copy them, maybe we will get a scroll or something."
"This better teach us some good firebending.", grumbles Zuko, but he moves to the other side.
Together they follow the steps of the statues till they reach the last two statues, who are bent by their waists toward each other, and their arms in the direction of their twin.
A collum with a golden egg rises from the ground.
"An egg, I'm disappointed.", murmurs Hua sad.
She had hoped for a scroll!
"It's not an egg it's some kind of mystical gemstone.", corrects Zuko and tries to touch it.
Hua slaps his hands away.
"Hey!"
"Don't hey me! Don't touch weird glowing eggs, this could be a trap like the spikes from before?!"
Zuko ignores the Daimon and picks the sunstone, as Hua's eyes twitch.
"It feels almost alive."
He tries to put the sunstone back but yells in surprise as a geyser of viscous slime erupts out from the pedestal and pushes Zuko toward the grates in the ceiling, sticking him there.
"I told you it was a trap!", shouts Hua.
The Daimon try to bend Zuko down with air, but it just changes his position.
In the end, both of them are stuck on the gate of the ceiling.
"At least we have air.", tried Zuko to be positive. "Maybe if we stay calm, we can figure a way out of this."
For that, he gets the mayor's side eye from Hua.
Hours pass and it's night.
"You had to pick up the glowing egg, didn't you?"
"Well, who made us do the silly dance?"
"So it's my fault?!"
"I think, I shouldn't say anything more, the look in your eyes is scary."
"Good decisions….oh spirits what should we do?"
"Think about our place in the universe ?"
"Sorry, but what the fuck?!"
Before Zuko can chest her for using such foul language a man wearing a loincloth, an important hairpiece, jewellery and sandals steps to them.
"Who is down there?", growls the stranger.
Shocked Hua and Zuko stare at the man.
As it runs out the Sun Warriors are not dead, they just hide from the world.
They got them out of their prison and currently aardvark sloths lick away the slime from them.
"For trying to take our sunstone, you must be severely punished!", says the Sun Warrior Chief to them.
"We didn't come here to take your sunstone. We came here to find the ancient origin of all firebending.", explained Zuko.
One of the Sun Warriors Ham Ghao doesn't believe them and tells his Chief how the two are clearly thieves here to steal their treasures.
Finally, Hua and Zuko are free from the slime.
"Please listen to us. I'm the Daimon. We came here because we wanted to learn not to steal. Just hear us out.", begs Hua.
Zuko takes over: "My name is Zuko, Crown Prince of the Fire Nation. O-or at least I used to be. I know my people have distorted the ways of firebending, to be fueled by anger and rage. But now I want to learn the true way the original way. When we came here, I never imagined the Sun Warrior's civilization was secretly alive. I am truly humbled to be in your presence."
Both bow before the Sun Warrior.
"Please, teach us."
The chief stays still for a second before he says: "If you wish to learn the ways of the Sun, you must learn them from the masters, Ran and Shaw. When you present yourself to them, they will examine you. They'll read your hearts, your souls, and your ancestry."
He takes a step toward Zuko and towers over him, who looks worried.
"If they deem you worthy, they'll teach you. If they don't, you'll be destroyed on the spot."
Worried Hua and Zuko look at each other.
Since they can meet the master only in daylight, the Sun Warriors give them a hut to sleep in.
After a bit of a rough night's sleep, Hua is worried about the destroying part, the Chief picks them up and leads them to a large fire, the Eternal Flame as the Chief calls it.
The very first fire, given by the dragons to men, which they had kept burning for a thousand years.
Zuko and Hua were in aww.
The chief tells them they need to present to the masters a piece of the flames.
So he bends and gives each of them a little flame.
"It's like a little heartbeat.", tells Hua fascinate by her flame.
"Fire is life not just destruction.", explains the Chief. "You will take your flames up there. The cave of the masters is beneath that rock."
So they begin their pilgrimage with their flames.
After hours they reach finally reach the top of the mountain and see that Sun Warriors are already there, with the Sun Warrior chief, Ham Ghao, and another Sun Warrior standing before them.
"Facing the judgment of the firebending masters will be very dangerous for you. Your ancestors are directly responsible for the dragons' disappearance.", explains the Sun Warrior Chief to an ashamed Zuko. "The masters might not be so happy to see you."
"I know I wouldn't be.", tells Ham Chao smugly.
Sad Hua looks at her little flame, at this little sun and heart in one.
"Then I believe they won't be happy with me either.", she says distressed. "I vanished for 100 years and didn't stop the Fire Nation."
"You are wise, young Daimon and it's true."
The chief roots his staff on the ground.
The other two Sun Warriors get into a kneeling position and the chief walks toward Zuko and Hua, taking a small portion of their flames and giving the flames to both of the Sun Warriors, who go to each of the sides.
The chief turns back and walks.
Some Sun Warriors are standing or sitting, alternately, as the two Warriors stand to create a circle made of fire.
"Well this is it, either we learn firebending from the masters or your Uncle needs a new successor when he becomes Fire Lord and the world has to wait for me and Aang to be reborn.", giggles Hua nervous.
"Oh true, I forgot. If one of you dies, the other dies shortly after. You can't live without your other half long."
"Yeah, that's why Sozin only killed all Air Nomads and didn't attack the big Earth Kingdom, since killing Aang would have killed me."
Her flames start to flicker.
"Stay calm Hua.", tells her Zuko in a reassuring voice. "We will manage it. And if the masters attack us, we can handle them. We are the Fire Prince and the Daimon. I think we could take these guys in a fight, whoever they are."
He gives her a smile, which she shakily copies.
Zuko tells the Chief they are ready to meet the masters.
"Chanters!", shouts the Chief.
The chanters play the music.
Sun Warriors, who are sitting down, beat their drums in a synchronized rhythm.
Other Sun Warriors holding the fire circle in their crouched positions.
Zuko and Hua walk toward the stairs.
On the other side of the circle, the Warriors alternatively rise and bow. As they reach the stairs the chief and the other two Warriors, step aside to let Zuko and Hua pass.
The two look at each other and take a deep breath before climbing.
They reach the top as the setting sun shines at them.
The music stops playing as soon as they reach the top.
Both of them look at the caves on each side of the bridge.
"Those who wish to meet the masters, Ran and Shaw, will now present their fire."
Hua and Zuko turn toward the caves and bow down with their hands stretched out.
"Sound the call!"
The sound from the horn sends a flock of birds scattering, as the cave begins to shake.
Two eyes glow inside a cave and a red dragon comes out, roaring, circling the bridge. A blue dragon came out of the other cave.
It joins the other dragon as they circle the bridge.
"These are the masters?!", whisper-shouts Zuko.
"Yeah, you still sure we can take them.", whisper-shout Hua back, her flame shaking.
"Sshh. I never said that."
The dragons circle the bridge in familiar forms, as Hua gets an idea.
"Zuko, I think we should do the Dragon Dance with them!"
"What ? What about this situation makes you think they want us to dance ?"
"I don't think standing around and showing them the flames is it. They want us to see bending."
"Fine!"
Hua and Zuko get into the first posture of the Dancing Dragon and change their postures to the next.
Hua spreads her arms out, her fire following along, as the blue dragon flies behind her following the shape of her arms.
Then she turns her arms to her side as the dragon turns as well.
Zuko pushes his hand up as the red dragon behind him goes up as well.
He dips and the dragon dives down accordingly.
The dragons fly above the bridge as below the two performing the Dancing Dragon.
They end in the final move, their fist touching, their flames gone.
Hua and Zuko look to either side.
The dragons have stopped moving and are hovering on either side of the bridge.
"Judgment time."
The blue dragon stares Zuko down, while the red one Hua.
Scared Hua grips Zuko's arm.
This was it, wasn't it?!
Then the two dragons breathe fire at them.
They are encircled in a beautiful flame vortex made out of multicoloured flames.
Hua gasped and has tears in her eyes.
She had never seen something so beautiful!
Zuko is touched by this too.
"I understand.", he whispers quietly.
The vortex slowly dissipates and the dragons curl their bodies, fly up, circle one time and go into their caves.
Changed from the experience Hua and Zuko go down the stairs.
"Their fire was beautiful. I saw so many colours, colours I've never imagined.", mutters Zuko still thinking about it.
Hua wipes away her tears.
"It was otherworldly beautiful. It's like it lit a fire in my soul."
They came to a stop before the Sun Warrior chief who heard them.
"Yes. They judged you and gave you visions of the meaning of firebending."
"I can't believe there are still living dragons. My uncle Iroh said he faced the last dragon and killed it."
"He lied, obviously.", said Hua, still sniffling a bit.
"Actually, it wasn't a total lie. Iroh was the last outsider to face the masters.", revealed the Chief. "They deemed him worthy and passed the secret onto him as well."
"He must have lied to protect them, so no one else would hunt them.", guessed Zuko.
Hua smiles: "I already felt close to firebending, but this…this energy, this harmony…it's life in its purest form. I never again want to bend in another way!"
"Yeah. It's like the Sun, but inside of you. Do you guys realize this?"
Zuko turned with his last sentence to the chief.
He smiles amused. "Well, our civilization is called the Sun Warriors ... so yeah."
"That's why my firebending was so weak before. Because for so many years, hunting you and Aang was my drive ... it was my purpose.", realizes Zuko. "So when I joined you, I lost sight of my inner fire. But now, I have a new drive. I have to help you two to defeat my father and restore balance to the world."
To show how he found a new and better inner fire, Zuko performed two powerful fireblast.
Smiling Hua makes one too.
"Now that you have learned the secrets, and you know about our tribe's existence, we have no choice but to imprison you here forever."
Shocked and scared Hua and Zuko stare at the chief.
"Just kidding.", laughs the chief, which relaxes Hua and Zuko, only to jump when the chief practically yells. "But seriously, don't tell anyone!"
Like Iroh said the Inari Shrines worked in both directions and Hua, Zuko and Jaiyi were back where the other waited for them.
As a greeting, they performed before them the Dancing Dragon.
"With this technique, the dragons showed us, Zuko and I will be unstoppable. Also one day Aang, when it's time for him to learn.", tells them Hua, as she and Zuko come to the end pose.
Their friends applaud them.
"Yeah, that's a great dance you two learned there.", said Sokka.
"It's not a dance. It's a firebending form.", corrects Zuko.
"We'll just tap-dance our way to victory over the Fire Lord."
"It's a sacred form that happens to be thousands of years old!"
Katara cheekily raised an eyebrow and asked: "Oh, yeah ? What's your form called ?"
Zuko cringes.
"The Dancing Dragon."
The three and the animals laugh, while Hua pats an embarrassed Zuko back.
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It's about my favourite subject!
Comments!
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WHY IS THIS SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND?
IT'S A WIN-WIN SITUATION FOR EVERYONE.
YOU CAN EVEN JUST SEND A THUMBS-UP EMOTICON AND WE CELEBRATE HARD!
POSTING AN EMOTICON IS FAST.
YOU AVAOID THE AUTHOR GIVING UP.
DO YOU WANT THAT YOUR FAV AUTHOR GIVES UP ON YOUR FAV STORIES? NEVER FINISHING THEM?
THEN KEEP GOING WITHOUT COMMENTING!
COME ON PEOPLE, COMMENT!
ITS! NOT! HARD!
Anyway, it needed to be said and I hope I can reach some of you.
Because really, I'm starting to get annoyed again about not getting the amount of comments in contrast to all the clicks I get.
Bye, for now!