[ zuko does not really want to talk about this. the more he conceals, the more he doesn't feel — there isn't a problem if he doesn't acknowledge it. that river of denial? he's swimming so deeply within it even if the water is cold as the north pole and he longs to heat it with his bending. he doesn't want to acknowledge it. ]
[ it'd be easier if he simply said he didn't take anything from me and leave it at that, but zuko has always been a poor liar. he doesn't believe in lies — he's not azula, with her ability to trick toph into believing she is a four hundred foot tall purple platypus bear with pink horns and silver wings. ]
[ his own tone is quiet, as if the mere projection of his voice may awaken him from where he slumbers in that river and spark a raging inferno that can't even lick itself across the drabwurld for he has lost the core of his very person. ] He took my bending.
[Context fills in Waver's lack of knowledge of what bending is. Magic, a specific kind that belongs only to Zuko's world. When he speaks, Waver's voice is calm, and most importantly, genuine. He knows how easily this could sound flat and fake.]
Thank you, and I am sorry for your lost.
[But he moves on at a clip, because dwelling is hardly worth it. Emotions are best channeled into actions in moments like this:] There will likely be a plan of action to deal with this matter in the up coming days. Powers and items weren't the only things taken - Miss Alice Lidell has been kidnapped.
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[ it'd be easier if he simply said he didn't take anything from me and leave it at that, but zuko has always been a poor liar. he doesn't believe in lies — he's not azula, with her ability to trick toph into believing she is a four hundred foot tall purple platypus bear with pink horns and silver wings. ]
[ his own tone is quiet, as if the mere projection of his voice may awaken him from where he slumbers in that river and spark a raging inferno that can't even lick itself across the drabwurld for he has lost the core of his very person. ] He took my bending.
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Thank you, and I am sorry for your lost.
[But he moves on at a clip, because dwelling is hardly worth it. Emotions are best channeled into actions in moments like this:] There will likely be a plan of action to deal with this matter in the up coming days. Powers and items weren't the only things taken - Miss Alice Lidell has been kidnapped.