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[embersandashes]

Of course I'm aware that I'm now older than any Zuko I'm likely to meet. I've been enjoying that fact for several years now. You really do need to keep up.

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[markofthewise]

Do we get some kind of prize for reaching that point?

[embersandashes]

"We"? You're in a similar situation?

[markofthewise]

Twenty is just around the corner. And Zuko gets younger each time I see him.

[embersandashes]

[Azula doesn't like Sokka any more than she did six years ago, but she still has to laugh at that]

My favorite part is the way each one I meet is so indignant about it. I suspect you have a less hostile reaction-- unless you meet one who hasn't yet turned traitor, of course.

... I'm almost twenty, too. Weren't you also older than me, initially?

[markofthewise]

[It's just as well he still doesn't like Azula. But when you've spent so many years dealing with worse, it makes your past enemies seem... lesser, somehow.]

Uh, not traitors yet. There was that week Aang had hair again, but I'm not sure if that counts.

But I did have a year on you, before. [There was a conversation once where Zuko and Sokka noted their sisters were the same age.]

[embersandashes]

So my accomplishment in sticking around is just a bit more impressive.




Still, yours is notable. Congratulations.

[markofthewise]

Oh, well thanks for the consolation prize. I'll treasure it always.

[embersandashes]

Hm.

How does your younger sister deal with having a brother even older than usual? She seems like the type to get screechy.

[markofthewise]

She's been there nearly as long as I have. I only gained a few months on her.

[embersandashes]

And where is "there"?

[markofthewise]

[Sokka glances back, somewhat reluctantly, at his wings. Sure, it's normal where he's at, but everyone makes such a big deal out of it here...]

Luceti. Which means... I get the whole package.

[embersandashes]

... I'm glad I'm not there.

[markofthewise]

You get used to them. Eventually.

[embersandashes]

I don't think I'd want to.

Can you fly with them?

[markofthewise]

Usually, no? They did get... upgraded, recently. But it was only temporary. So they're basically just decorative.

[embersandashes]

Which is a nice word for useless.

Can't you get them surgically removed?

[lovethisworld]

I hope you haven't teased him too much about it.

eeeeee

[embersandashes]

Unfortunately I haven't gotten the chance.

:>

[lovethisworld]

Unfortunately? Azula, I hope you'll try to be a little gentle when the time comes. It will be terribly confusing. [Emphasis on little. She is a supporter of teasing as Azula may have noticed from Abel's example.]

[embersandashes]

I'm not sure it will ever come. It's been a long time since anyone from that world has reached the community, Lilith.

And you should know by now that I'm not gentle.

[unless you're one of her chosen few]

[lovethisworld]

That young woman, Korra, still has more of her story to share. Surely the community will be interested in it eventually?

[She chuckles.] You're capable in some cases.

[embersandashes]

Perhaps. But I don't care much for her story.

Some cases, but not most. And not with him; you know this.

[lovethisworld]

[She hums in affirmation. Lilith knows why she doesn't show that gentleness with Zuko. She'll never force it otherwise... just test the waters from time to time.]

Why don't you care much for her story?

[embersandashes]

I've heard things about it.

[...]

This silly "Fire Lord Zuko" fad didn't wear off, apparently.

[no Fire Nation supremacy = not Azula's ideal world]

[lovethisworld]

[She withholds a chuckle at the suggestion Zuko was merely a fad.] It's only one possible outcome, Azula. So long as the people of Korra's time and place are happy with what he has done there is no harm in seeing his reign run its course.

[embersandashes]

You know I don't see it that way.