002 -- [Action]

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[After finding out that Zuko is Lee in a thread not yet finished, Longshot was unsurprisinly Not Happy. Zuko may be a friend of the Avatar and his gang, but he's also a firebender. And on top of that, a firebender who played a small hand in what happened to a friend of his.]

[For this reason, he's stayed as far away from the Avatar house as possible

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[god_is_a_dude]

[Is that guy up a tree... literally? Haruki was scouting out the route to the lake to see how much the forest may or may not have cleared since the snow started to finish up completely - well, more as a distraction from other matters, honestly - but seeing a guy in a tree-]

Hoy!

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[Looking down - oh. He wasn't expecting to run into anyone out here. He'll raise a hand to show that he sees you, Haruki]

[god_is_a_dude]

[Nor was he, honestly? What is this random guy going in a tree? Nice hand raise though-] So what are you doing out here?

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[Oh you know. Checking out the neighborhood. He's a bit cautious, actually, as he hasn't met you and all.]

Looking around. I hadn't been to the forest until now.

[god_is_a_dude]

[Oh. Fair enough, he shrugs-] I'm heading to the south lake. [That might be an invite, but probably isn't. Or maybe it is. Maybe hes tsun tsun tsun... dere]

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[Hm. He's never been to any of the lakes, actually. Normally he'd just nod and just let Haruki go on his way, but that does catch his interest.]

They have lakes here?

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There's two of them. We're half way to the bigger one.

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[Probably worth taking a look at it. South Lake, huh? He's going to turn to look in that direction, but as expected is met with just the trees.]

[Guess that means he'll have to climb down and walk that way if he wants to see it. Doing that now]

[god_is_a_dude]

[Oh cool. So let's walk together, bro]

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[Sure thing. Not letting his guard down as they go, but Haruki doesn't look like someone who will end up being a threat. Just don't expect him to say much on the way there.]

[god_is_a_dude]

[Damned right he doesn't-- hey. Well anyway they keep this up and he's not sure what to do here so he just keeps his hands in his pockets and keeps up with the talking]

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[And if he's talking, Longshot will just listen. He may not add much, but he's obviously paying attention.]

[god_is_a_dude]

[Nope, he's got no need to talk either. At least not for a good twenty minutes into their what ought to be about a thirty or so minute walk to the lake from where they were. But right now he's about done with the silence so-]

So what's your name, anyway? 'M Haruki.

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Longshot.

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[This is an incredulous glance over. What.]

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[And this is a raised eyebrow. What yourself, man - he named himself and he likes his name]