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[fahrenheit932]

*Zuko's in the dining car, what's left of a meal sitting to the side, and a fiction book in his hands. He stops reading randomly, though, as he looks up and mutters something to himself.

After about five minutes of mentally and verbally counting, he stops again and sighs heavily*

Dammit... it's my birthday today.

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[asinheaven]

[Ken's walked in just in time to hear you say that. :D In his endeavors to teach you fun phrases in Mandarin...]

Happy birthday.

[Smile!]

[fahrenheit932]

*just about jumps a mile*

Ken! I didn't even know you were there.

[asinheaven]

[Haha, gotcha!]

Sorry. Used to being quiet.

[fahrenheit932]

*chuckles* Obviously.

You said... um... happy birthday, right?

[asinheaven]

Right. It's not too difficult to say...but I've had a lot of practice. Might be biased.

[fahrenheit932]

*tries to repeat the phrase, but unfortunately doesn't do so well*

... a little bit biased, yeah.

[asinheaven]

[It's okay Zuko! You tried. <3]

...you were close.

[Either that or Ken's being nice. Who can tell?]

Did you forget?

[fahrenheit932]

Forget what? My birthday?

[asinheaven]

Yeah. You sounded...surprised?

[fahrenheit932]

I lost track of how long I've even been here. Not to mention I really stopped caring when I hit about 25.

[asinheaven]

Losing track is easy. I haven't found a clock or a calendar yet.

[fahrenheit932]

I gave my watch to Euphie to put up in one of the dining cars, but I suppose with so many different worlds converging in one place there's no real set calendar or way to tell time.

[asinheaven]

Probably not. Even people from similar worlds aren't from the exact same time.

[shrugs. It may be complicated and awkward, but that's almost normal.]

[fahrenheit932]

Yeah, I've started to notice that...

Speaking of, met any of the new people yet? There's a lot now.

[asinheaven]

[dryly]

Oh yes. Very friendly person. The gun aimed at my face was a nice touch.

[fahrenheit932]

... gun aimed at your face? Who the hell was that?