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[metalica]

[ The post comes across with a name that, really, no one will recognise. It's one word, simple: ＡＤＬＥＲ. Thank goodness for the text option so he has no need to attempt to hide his voice or face; for now his name is enough. ]

Tell me about your world. Your wars. Your powers. Tell me about the things that you fight for, what you continue to cherish even here.

Educate me.

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[metalica]

Not just the Fire people. All of you. When the world rises up against benders what will you do then? Will you fight the humans or will you allow the benders, your kind, to suffer?

How will you stop them? What power do you have to change the mind of the humans, their weak minded prejudices? I've seen it before and I am sure I will see it again.

I am Adler.

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[atoned]

[ zuko's becoming so passionate he even forgets to introduce himself with his typical hi, zuko here. ]

No one has to suffer! We will restore peace. It's my destiny to repair what my father and his father and his father before him have destroyed. I'll restore honour to the Fire Nation.

I'm Fire Lord. It's what I must do for my people.

[ but that will do nothing. zuko's even said so — the fire nation has a lot to repent for. being the fire lord, and the son of ozai, means he'll have to repent even harder. ]

[ he's prepared to do so. where pride and a poorly inaccurate perception of herself would only blind azula to what the nation is crying out for, zuko sees it. he's lived it. ]

The Avatar is my friend. Where those who see another Firebender drunk on destruction, he will open their eyes. He'll help me restore balance.

We're not going into another war. It's over.

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[metalica]

I am not talking about firebenders by themselves, you're misunderstanding me. Tell me; what will you do when the people that cannot bend rise up, fight, panic due to their own weaknesses, their own insecurities?

What if they create things to fight you? Destroy you?

Will you have peace then?

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[atoned]

[ firebenders have already created things to incapacitate firebenders. zuko remembers the cooler quite vividly. but his people are firebenders and non-benders alike ... when he thinks of the fire nation, it encompasses both; he sees men with flames in their hands and women with stilettos and knives grasped between their fingers. ]

[ what would he do if mai and ty lee woke up one morning and decided they were done being bossed around by a firebender? azula had worn them thin, understandably, but what would he do if they were to band together and create a group similar to the freedom fighters? ]

No, I wouldn't stand for it.

But hopefully it won't come to that. It's always been bender against bender. There were the Freedom Fighters, but ...

[ there are too many loose ends for zuko to tie up. he's not even sure he's capable of tying his own shoes without the laces coming undone wiht a mere step of his foot. ]

You said they rose up against you. What did you do?

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[metalica]

Sometimes we have no choice. It is not a matter of black and white. The world is grey, shaded. We cannot simple choose one road or another.

I fought for my people. I still fight for them.