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“’Morning, Shikako,” the boy with the scar hands me a bucket. I open my mouth. He holds up a hand, “Code ‘I Got You, groundhog-chuck’ still applies.”
My stomach flips. I don’t need the bucket but it’s comforting to hug.
I take the teacup, though I know it’s bitter, memory refreshed. “Zuko.”
He nods.
“It didn’t work.”
Zuko shrugs, “Again?”
“I have a new plan.”
“You usually do.”
“We wear our masks, sneak into Koh’s lair and steal the Avatar.”
“But do we have an exit?”
“You’re learning!”
“I’m not stupid!”
"Well..."
“Omashu.”
“A-zu-la.”
“Owl Spirit Embezzlement!”
I concede, plotting.