Thirtieth Rebirth [video]

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[The camera flickers on and finds Yuca, once again, sitting peacefully in his garden, an arm wrapped around his knees. He's got cuts and bruises here and there from his fight with Merlin, but for the most part, he still looks pretty okay. The flowers are just starting to bloom, and his fingers barely brush against one, as if he isn't sure of the

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[innerfirewithin]

[It takes a good twenty minutes before Zuko works up the nerve to even turn on his PCD's response function, let alone talk to the priest. The mental breakdown had been too much. Too much. And apparently, with Yuca talking to himself about Rain and flowers and death, it had been too much for him too.

A quiet inhale of breath before he speaks.]

Yuca.

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[There's a pause. Yuca would totally almost applaud him, if he thought it would do anything except piss Zuko off.]

To you, you do. I never said you stopped existing in your mind. Simply that, in my reality, you're gone.

[That's the whole point of it.]

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[innerfirewithin]

You don't have the right to dictate whether or not I'm gone, Yuca. I'm still breathing and I'm here and I'm going to help you build a damn greenhouse, so shut up and find the material for it.

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I-

[Fuuuu what.]

-um.

...okay.

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[innerfirewithin]

That's better, you were giving me a headache.

[Christ, man.]

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Too many big words?

[His tone is more... friendly teasing, than derogatory.]

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[innerfirewithin]

You're pushing it.

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Alright, alright, I'm done.

We're arranging a... potluck of sorts, so people can eat and help out and just... generally sort of have a fun time.

[God Yuca sounds so awkward saying those things.]

Anyway, you don't have to come, but- I'll send you the when and where a few days beforehand, if you wanted to.

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[innerfirewithin]

Fine.

[There's a beat of silence.]

Don't screw this up, Yuca. People aren't full of third chances around here. You've got your start. Don't lose it.

[And he will cut the feed. Translation? Zuko will give him a shot at his trust. If he fucks it up, it is gone. Permanently.]