Because I sort of wimped out before, not giving you Iroh-and-Zuko interaction, the second half of the answer to prompt one
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Iroh was waiting at the stern of the ship when his nephew's steamer sailed up under the cover of the strange, short polar summer twilight. He watched his nephew hook the special chain to his vessel and creep up the ramp. As his nephew sent a fire blast into the miniature moter that would haul the steamer onboard, Iroh stepped out of the shadows. "Nephew."
Zuko spun around slowly, carefully in the polar wind. "Uncle," he responded warily.
"I had an interesting talk with those children you captured," he said calmly. "Very interesting."
"I'm sorry, Uncle," Zuko whispered, feeling sick. "I know I dishonored the family and I'm going-"
Iroh grabbed his stupid, wonderful boy's arm and pulled him into a fierce hug. "You will not. I won't let you."
"It's the right thing to do," Zuko muttered into his uncle's sleeve.
"No, it isn't," Iroh told him, holding tight. "There is no honor in choosing captivity, and I will not let you do it."
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Iroh has a talk with his nephew
Date: 2012-05-04 05:06 am (UTC)~*~
Iroh was waiting at the stern of the ship when his nephew's steamer sailed up under the cover of the strange, short polar summer twilight. He watched his nephew hook the special chain to his vessel and creep up the ramp. As his nephew sent a fire blast into the miniature moter that would haul the steamer onboard, Iroh stepped out of the shadows. "Nephew."
Zuko spun around slowly, carefully in the polar wind. "Uncle," he responded warily.
"I had an interesting talk with those children you captured," he said calmly. "Very interesting."
"I'm sorry, Uncle," Zuko whispered, feeling sick. "I know I dishonored the family and I'm going-"
Iroh grabbed his stupid, wonderful boy's arm and pulled him into a fierce hug. "You will not. I won't let you."
"It's the right thing to do," Zuko muttered into his uncle's sleeve.
"No, it isn't," Iroh told him, holding tight. "There is no honor in choosing captivity, and I will not let you do it."