exercisms | zuko catchall

[He wouldn't! But he's not exactly certain of his own feelings, always.]

I am?

Yeah. You might not realize it, but you hanging in there like this is a pretty big deal.

[ zuko doubts mob knows the horrors of war, so!! ]

I haven't seen a dead body often. But I see ghosts all the time.

[So death itself isn't really that scary to him.]

Ghosts? Do you mean spirits?

[ it's not that weird of a concept though considering like.... aang and his past lives ]

[Nod.]

... I've never been to the spirit world, but Aang has. He, uh, sees spirits too.

[ zuzu doesn't ]

Aang?

The Avatar. He's... a really special kid from my world. Kind of like you.

[Hmm. Well. Hmm. He's not sure what to think about that.]

I'm not special, though. I don't really stand out at all.

Well... you're a guru goody-goody, just like him.

[ this is a mild tease and zuko is smirking ]

You stand out to me.

[Blushing! God. Stop climbing all his social ranks so much!!]

Oh.

[ no. ]

[ i forgot this was post-invest ]

And I know what I'm talking about.

[It's fine. Dead body goes back in the repression zone for a while. Probably better that way.]

You do?

[ it's fine. ]

Yeah. I'm pretty smart.

[ is he. ]

[That tracks! Zuko is smart. Smart and reliable. So. . . maybe he believes him a little.]

Mm.