The Tale of Zuko ☄ Book 01; Chapter 01 ☄ Video

[deconflagration]

[ He's been on the ship for about a week and has maybe stepped foot into his assigned room a total of once. Most of the week was spent being in shock, angsting over his planet-go-boom situation and analyzing all the people. It wasn't good enough to lose all the things he held dear once; he had to lose everything he held dear twice. WHY HIM? Such is

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I've been waiting for this~

[unetrustworthy]

...I know what you mean.

[unetrustworthy]

...honor?

[/there is no honor in spying]

[deconflagration]

Yeah. Honor. Without it, sometimes it's hard to survive. You end up questioning yourself and your motives for what you're doing.... But the lines for honor blur, too. Something you think is honorable might not be in the eyes of others.

[unetrustworthy]

[She doesn't immediately respond to that. How could she? His words rang all too true; questioning herself and her motives? Every single day.]

How...

[She hesitates, biting her lip]

Then how can you ever know if you're doing the right thing?

[deconflagration]

You have to look deep inside yourself. The question of whether or not you're doing the right thing is something only you can answer. Not anyone else. Others can give you guidance, but in the end, it's all on your shoulders.

[unetrustworthy]

...and what if you were wrong?

[deconflagration]

If you were wrong, then all you can do is try to right it for the future.

[unetrustworthy]

You think it's really possible to make amends? No matter what you've done?

[deconflagration]

I do.

[ He's lying: he hopes so. ]

Even if you think you've been the most dishonorable person alive, if you change your ways, I think you could make amends. From the way you talk, it sounds like... you don't find yourself to be very honorable.

[unetrustworthy]

I don't.

I did...some bad things. Really bad.

[deconflagration]

You don't have to tell me what those things were. But I know what it feels like-I've done plenty of dishonorable things in my life. Everything I did was to regain the honor I'd lost, but it took me a while to realize I was just tarnishing my honor even further.

I changed... and people forgave me. So if people can forgive me, I'm sure they can forgive you, too.

[unetrustworthy]

I...see.

[Someone who understaaaaaaands]

They really forgave you?

[deconflagration]

Yeah....

[ Half-laughing: ]

One of them gave me a really hard time about it. Her name was Katara, and... well, I guess I deserved it. She placed her trust in me once and I ended up betraying her. But even someone like her who can hold a grudge for years forgave me in the end because I took action and showed her I was good.

I still have a lot of people to apologize to... but at least now you have proof that it isn't impossible to receive forgiveness.

THIS THE BEST FIELD TRIP EVER

[unetrustworthy]

...I do, don't I?

It's really possible?

AND THEY DIDN'T EVEN GO ANYWHERE.

[deconflagration]

If you'd like, we can start with me. I forgive you for anything dishonorable you might have done, knowingly or unknowingly.

[ It may not mean much since he wasn't actually affected by anything, but... he does think she deserves that feeling of forgiveness. ]

So now you've got at least one person who forgives you.

I KNOW

[unetrustworthy]

[That was true; it wasn't much. But it was something.]

[It gave her hope]

Thank you.