You have no idea how close Zuko came to getting sacrificed to the Unagi.
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She dangled her toes in the water, the Ember Island sand still warm from the day beneath her. When Zuko surfaced, she waved to him. "You know, I've never actually swum in the ocean before?" she called.
He swam close to the shore. "How is that even possible?" It occurred to him after he spoke that there were probably thousands, millions of people all across the Earth Kingdom and the poles who had never swum in the ocean, an absence in their lives he'd never considered before. "You're from an island." Like him.
"The water's cold back home. And you know..." She stared out over the ocean. "There's the Unagi."
"Well, there's uh, no Unagi here," he said, smiling clumsily. "You going to try it?"
"Just give me a minute." She looked up to the moon. "I'll be right in."
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7. Suki/Zuko - Unagi
Date: 2012-02-16 04:58 am (UTC)~*~
She dangled her toes in the water, the Ember Island sand still warm from the day beneath her. When Zuko surfaced, she waved to him. "You know, I've never actually swum in the ocean before?" she called.
He swam close to the shore. "How is that even possible?" It occurred to him after he spoke that there were probably thousands, millions of people all across the Earth Kingdom and the poles who had never swum in the ocean, an absence in their lives he'd never considered before. "You're from an island." Like him.
"The water's cold back home. And you know..." She stared out over the ocean. "There's the Unagi."
"Well, there's uh, no Unagi here," he said, smiling clumsily. "You going to try it?"
"Just give me a minute." She looked up to the moon. "I'll be right in."