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[rediscovering]

thats rather wise of you to say it like that

[ Oh, Zuko... He was being funny, not wise. ]

[irritated]

it's not about being wise

it's just about being smart. you have to be one step ahead of her and playing into her games means she wants to be hated. you can't give a crazy woman like that what they want.

[rediscovering]

i see.... what does she expect of you and kaoru's futures

[irritated]

doesn't matter. not up to her.

the person that lives the way they want is always going to be the winner.

[rediscovering]

yes thats right!! :)

[irritated]

but aang isn't really like my grandmother or your dad right

he's got that wise monk thing going for him

[rediscovering]

yeah
but he's pretty fun-loving and free-spirited and all
and he has appa with him!!! i know you havent met momo yet either, aangs lemur, hes been here with sokka all this time, but appa is the avatar's sky bison
hes much smaller here but...... still.

[irritated]

sky bison...but just a lemur? not a crocodile lemur or anything?

[rediscovering]

no.....? momo is just a normal winged lemur
what the fuck is a crocodile-lemur??
like a crococat mixed with a lemur??

[irritated]

did you just say crococat?

[rediscovering]

yeah..?
those little green cats with scales on their belly and fangs

[irritated]

what the hell

so canon: the pro wrestler Toph fought, the Boulder, has a pet crococat he loves named the Pebble...

[rediscovering]

[ Zuko uses the Paint app to doodle a sketch — with more effort and concentration than he's willing to admit, hence the time gap between texts — that rather captures the likeness of... a crococat. It's a pretty good drawing off the cuff done with his finger on a screen, too, man he's proud of it, okay

If it were anyone else, one might think it was a joke, pulling Hikaru's leg, but... Zuko's not great at that. This is a real animal. ]

[irritated]

[Hikaru definitely thinks that Zuko is joking.]

you're making this up

[rediscovering]

why would i make up an animal?!
they're not as common as a poodle-monkey or something but some people keep crococats as pets in the earth kingdom
but they're ferocious they could definitely maul a person even though theyre small and cute
a crocokitten could take out a half-grown platypus bear
full grown they can knock a man out!
but theyre soft and fluffy so people like them anyway i guess..

[irritated]

zuko what
your world was crazy and i feel like i could deal with the children committing war crimes

[What a weird limit???]

but all of that? i can't

[rediscovering]

what?!! why is a crococat more shocking than what i've told you about our battles?!
dragons, whatever
but crococats, that's where you draw the line.......?!!

[irritated]

how does a reptile have fur???
and PLATYPUS BEAR?
no.
i can't.

[rediscovering]

who said a crococat is a reptile where are you even getting that from?!! theyre a kind of cat! they have fur all over and then like... a hard belly? i don’t know how to describe it
besides dragons are reptiles technically probably and they have fur. just not everywhere. badgerfrogs have a little fur too
although i guess they’re amphibians not reptiles......

[ He never thought about these things much. Damn it. ]

whats so strange about a platypus-bear anyway

[irritated]

so sorry for thinking a crococat was a reptile. [He's being very sarcastic and he tries to explain that to Zuko but right now he's just overwhelmed by these weird animals.]

badgerfrog platypus bear...weaselnewt??? is that one????

[rediscovering]

weaselnewt....?!! are you just making up words now?! what the hell is that!?!


ok i have a weird animal question for you
ostriches
and horses
what's the difference
i mean we have ostrich-horses but i can't imagine how to separate them and kaoru just laughed at me when i asked him once

[irritated]

no no no no you have to be kidding me

an ostrich is a bird and a horse is a mammal! they're two entirely different animals???????!

[You made him use a lot of question marks, Zuko.]

[rediscovering]

[ excessive punctuation mark club!!!!!! Hikaru's being converted........!! ]

theyre supposed to be one animal!!!
ostrich-horses are super common, except in like. the north and south poles. too cold. but most everywhere else.
we use them as a beast of burden, as mounts in war, to ride on for transportation, we even eat them..... very important animal in general, the world over

[ He even draws a sketch on his phone's Paint app, but who can say if it's good or bad, because what a ridiculous looking creature?! It's a horse. But an ostrich. He's not kidding. ]

[irritated]

THEN THAT'S JUST A HORSE?

[He's gone full caps. This is how outrageous he finds the whole thing.]

there's no way that's real. i don't believe it. no.

[rediscovering]

it’s an OSTRICH-HORSE..!! horses are those animals that pull the carriages here right
back home a dragon-moose would do that
ostrich-horses are smaller.. better for riding, not strong pulling.
but theyre real why would i make any animal up?!!

[ But Hikaru insisting it isn’t real even after Zuko’s careful illustration kind of makes him want to make up an animal later just to fuck with him… ]