exercisms | zuko catchall

I've had to fight before, so I understand.

[But only with powers. He wants to know how to do it the way Zuko did.]

. . . You said you used to be bad, but become good.

[ approving nod. sometimes you gotta do things even if you don't like them! ]

Yeah. I've... got a complicated past.

Could you teach me how to do that, too?

You're not bad.

[ ??? ]

How do you know something like that?

[He seems to react as though Zuko has magical innate bad-dar.]

You're a good kid. You tried to stop Virid. You care about people... and cats.

[ he does it's called common sense bc mob is a precious angel ]

[Dorothy said that too, didn't she? Caring about animals means you're kind. And he thought she was right, when she said it. But.]

Do you think it's bad to hurt people? To make them go to the hospital? To make them lose their clothes and their hair and all of their friends? To destroy their school? Do you think it's bad to make your brother afraid of you?

.... You did those things?

[ it's hard to believe, coming from such a soft boy. ]

Why?

[Shrugging.] You might be able to call it an accident. But. . .

[They're still pretty bad?]

I want to change.

You can do it.

[ confidently!! ]

But how did it happen in the first place? Was it your powers?

[Nodding.]

There have been times where I've lost control of them. When I get too angry, or - if I get hurt.

Yeah. I know what you mean.

[ not so much the getting hurt, but.... it's easy to hurt people with fire. ]

Do you a master to teach you how to use them?

[Yes! He looks a little more enthusiastic.]

Master Reigen. After the first time it happened, that's when I started coming to talk to him . . . it helped a lot.

[ approving nod ]

If it weren't for my Uncle, I wouldn't have been on the path I am now. So, it's important. Uncle taught me a lot of meditation, too, I can teach you.

Your uncle.

[So Zuko has a wise master, too, and that's how he became so wise.]

I'd like that. My master does meditation with clients a lot. And massages.

Yeah.... he's more like a father to me, really.

[ watch out mob or he's going to exposition forever. ]

That sounds-- uh. Massages?

Oh.

[He can exposition about his family? Mob smiles at that because it sounds really nice!]

Mm. Master helps clients with their spiritual problems. But there are a lot of people who think their problems can only be solved with psychic abilities, or were caused by evil spirits, even though they're just ordinary problems. . .

He helps that type of person, too.

[ reigen and iroh would get along ]

He sounds like a good man. Though I'm not sure what massages have to do with it.

[ spiritual... massages?? ]

[They probably would, but Iroh is a lot more. . . actually wise.

Anyway, Mob doesn't really understand the massages either, but he nods at 'good man.' Zuko gets it.]

He's taught me many important things.

[ he's gonna assume reigen has some quirks like iroh does.... ]

My Uncle's the one who stood by for the last three years... he taught me firebending, and meditation, and so many things. He stood by me when I was banished, even though I was terrible to him.

He sounds amazing.

[It's so nice! To hear him talk about his family!]

You were banished?

He is.

[ yeah so nice.... ]

Yeah. Three years ago, my father banished me for speaking out of turn. My uncle is the one who stood by me the whole time.

[Oh. Well. That's rough, buddy.]

Your father did that. . .

He's the one who gave me this scar. I was a year younger than you.

[ that's rough, buddy!! ]

It took me those three years to realize just how cruel and horrible he is. He's ... pretty much the worst dad in the history of dads.

[This is all a lot! He's an empathetic person but he doesn't know how to respond to something like this.]

That's truly terrible. Some people . . . some people can be so cruel.

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