"Well, your Uncle's very wise. If I'm sounding like him, I've got to be on the right track. I'd be honored to even be counted in the same sentence as him."
And she meant that, too, and it showed. It wasn't just that she'd met Iroh, that he'd helped her in a mount of deep crisis. It was that she'd met his namesake - Zuko's grandson - and knew what his legend, his philosophy had become. There were two people who had ensured the Fire Nation grew into something greater, something better - and their names were Zuko and Iroh.
Iroh's wisdom, Zuko's principles - even the texts she'd already read spoke of both of them with awe. History had already, it seemed, made a decision - and that sort of decision birthed legends for hundreds, thousands of years.
"Uncle and Nephew both make for the best company, too."
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"Well, your Uncle's very wise. If I'm sounding like him, I've got to be on the right track. I'd be honored to even be counted in the same sentence as him."
And she meant that, too, and it showed. It wasn't just that she'd met Iroh, that he'd helped her in a mount of deep crisis. It was that she'd met his namesake - Zuko's grandson - and knew what his legend, his philosophy had become. There were two people who had ensured the Fire Nation grew into something greater, something better - and their names were Zuko and Iroh.
Iroh's wisdom, Zuko's principles - even the texts she'd already read spoke of both of them with awe. History had already, it seemed, made a decision - and that sort of decision birthed legends for hundreds, thousands of years.
"Uncle and Nephew both make for the best company, too."