TWENTY-THREE.
Last week...I'm told I was older and I had my father's title. Fire Lord. I was the Fire Lord. A king, by most standards.
That makes sense, I guess. I just never really thought about that until now. If Aang does succeed in killing Ozai, then it's...logical that the crown would be passed to me. His son, the infamous Traitor Prince who turned his back on his people and left the Fire Nation to fight for a seemingly lost cause. It's ironic, that they, in this possible future that I can't even remember experiencing last week, end up being ruled by the one they hate. I wonder if they realized I was only trying to save them from Ozai's tyrannical reign, that I left the country to help it in the only way I knew how.
I don't want the throne, though. I know nothing about government or ruling a country, nevermind one that's been hellbent on conquering the world for the past hundred years! I was banished shortly after I started learning the basics and Uncle Iroh was more focused on teaching me to better control my bending and temper than continuing those lessons. I don't think anyone expected me to rule. Agni knows father never intended for me to. Sometimes I think the minor thing I did to get me banished was just an excuse for him to do so. He wanted me out of the way.
That makes sense, I guess. I just never really thought about that until now. If Aang does succeed in killing Ozai, then it's...logical that the crown would be passed to me. His son, the infamous Traitor Prince who turned his back on his people and left the Fire Nation to fight for a seemingly lost cause. It's ironic, that they, in this possible future that I can't even remember experiencing last week, end up being ruled by the one they hate. I wonder if they realized I was only trying to save them from Ozai's tyrannical reign, that I left the country to help it in the only way I knew how.
I don't want the throne, though. I know nothing about government or ruling a country, nevermind one that's been hellbent on conquering the world for the past hundred years! I was banished shortly after I started learning the basics and Uncle Iroh was more focused on teaching me to better control my bending and temper than continuing those lessons. I don't think anyone expected me to rule. Agni knows father never intended for me to. Sometimes I think the minor thing I did to get me banished was just an excuse for him to do so. He wanted me out of the way.