[ So much in this resonates with Zuko... and yet so much strikes him as odd, too. He's hesitant but irreversibly intrigued responding now. ]
i see. that is a long time. all my friends are from the 2000s and the world wars happen in the 1910s and the 1940s. it's not my planet so i won't say more than that. i only know about it because a friend mentioned it then i researched a lot because i took an interest.. i don't know anything about japan before then honestly except that samurai were warriors that made excellent swords because i saw a movie with katana in it. those are like plays made for modern technology if you don't know yet. we didn't have them in my world.
i don't know how i feel about guns. we don't have those in my world either. but i don't think we're far from that technology. the fire nation is very advanced. but i don't think they'd use that technology right..... not at the point i'm coming from. hopefully in my future, it wouldn't even be necessary. i also do martial arts and am well-versed in swordsmanship though and so far i feel like i agree with your people in that it's inelegant and makes killing too easy, but your words put a new perspective on it for sure. context is everything i guess.
so you ended a civil war in your time.....?
the fire nation is at war with the rest of the world. it's been expanding its borders and laying siege to anywhere its military can reach for the past century. but it's coming to an end once i return home. i was taken from my world the day of a coup to depose the fire lord. after that, things will change... can only change for the better. but it will take a long time and a lot of strong diplomatic efforts to heal the world again and the scars the fire nation has left on the earth kingdom and water tribes. we will have to find a way to unite ourselves as a whole people once more after so much pain and loss and devastation. on everyone's part, including the fire nation. we lost a lot, too; we almost lost ourselves. but i know a new era of peace and kindness is not impossible.
seeing through to the true potential of something or someone is most difficult..... but you're right that that's the lens we should be using in life. i agree with that whole-heartedly. change is constant. and redemption is real.
[ This kid isn't supposed to be busing tables. No wonder he's stressed. He can't pass a job interview as a busboy, but he's got profound things to say philosophically, apparently. He may not say outright he's supposed to be leading his country when he gets home, but it's pretty clear where his headspace is for someone whose headspace has been in a similar mindset, from the sounds of it. A surprisingly deep turn in the conversation. ]
i dont care for candy though sweets aren't my favorite i like spicy foods more
[ And that, too. Can't just leave him hanging. He's really excited about these snack foods, huh. Not the only aristocrat Zuko knows who's fascinated by junk food, surprisingly. ]
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i see. that is a long time. all my friends are from the 2000s and the world wars happen in the 1910s and the 1940s. it's not my planet so i won't say more than that. i only know about it because a friend mentioned it then i researched a lot because i took an interest.. i don't know anything about japan before then honestly except that samurai were warriors that made excellent swords because i saw a movie with katana in it. those are like plays made for modern technology if you don't know yet. we didn't have them in my world.
i don't know how i feel about guns. we don't have those in my world either. but i don't think we're far from that technology. the fire nation is very advanced. but i don't think they'd use that technology right..... not at the point i'm coming from. hopefully in my future, it wouldn't even be necessary.
i also do martial arts and am well-versed in swordsmanship though and so far i feel like i agree with your people in that it's inelegant and makes killing too easy, but your words put a new perspective on it for sure. context is everything i guess.
so you ended a civil war in your time.....?
the fire nation is at war with the rest of the world. it's been expanding its borders and laying siege to anywhere its military can reach for the past century. but it's coming to an end once i return home. i was taken from my world the day of a coup to depose the fire lord. after that, things will change... can only change for the better. but it will take a long time and a lot of strong diplomatic efforts to heal the world again and the scars the fire nation has left on the earth kingdom and water tribes. we will have to find a way to unite ourselves as a whole people once more after so much pain and loss and devastation. on everyone's part, including the fire nation. we lost a lot, too; we almost lost ourselves. but i know a new era of peace and kindness is not impossible.
seeing through to the true potential of something or someone is most difficult..... but you're right that that's the lens we should be using in life. i agree with that whole-heartedly. change is constant. and redemption is real.
[ This kid isn't supposed to be busing tables. No wonder he's stressed. He can't pass a job interview as a busboy, but he's got profound things to say philosophically, apparently. He may not say outright he's supposed to be leading his country when he gets home, but it's pretty clear where his headspace is for someone whose headspace has been in a similar mindset, from the sounds of it. A surprisingly deep turn in the conversation. ]
i dont care for candy though
sweets aren't my favorite
i like spicy foods more
[ And that, too. Can't just leave him hanging. He's really excited about these snack foods, huh. Not the only aristocrat Zuko knows who's fascinated by junk food, surprisingly. ]