[ it feels... weird, just calling the fire lord "zuko," because when she was a young girl it was impressed upon her that even though she was the avatar and special, she still had to listen and help the leaders of the world. she had to respect fire lord zuko and everything he helped aang accomplish. since she was next in line, since she was so special, she had to take care and remember the title whenever zuko was around.

it's not difficult to wrap her head around the idea of meeting figures from the past, nor is it a hard concept to understand, people showing up from different time periods. and yet, it throws her, talking to the fire lord when he's no older than she remembered "prince" zuko was.

thankfully, he offers up a subject she can cling to with wide eyes and bright voice: ] Toph's welcome too! [ she knows how often people get separated from their groups here in the drabwurld, so she didn't want to make any assumptions about the state of zuko's traveling party. ] Even if it's against the rules — who cares? We're just going to explore the place and see what's interesting.

[ okay, that's a bald-faced lie if only because it's not her truth to tell. this is cassie's quest and while it is true that they might spend a lot of time just flying around looking at landmarks and towns, they're also searching for something very important. ]