text; un: fireprince

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1. what do you know about job interviews?
i didnt know you have to interview to get jobs. even if it's just at a restaurant!! regardless of whether the job itself involves talking to people at all!!? stupid

[ Guess who's been bombing interviews as a part-time busboy all over town. And who's only bothering to ask about proper employment beyond random quests, um, now, after several months of just getting by...? He must be getting tired of stealing hotchips from the cornerstore. ]

2. what do you know about going to school as a full-time student here?
i heard you can make a living like this
insight about going to school in other worlds could be useful too. i was homeschooled....

[ But at least he's thinking in terms of solutions. ]

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i see.
well then do you know about native plants here that are good for tea??
or plants that are bad for dragons to put in their mouth??
i dont have a personal interest in plants to be honest but my uncle loves tea and my familiar is.....

[ Stupid. But he can't call a dragon stupid, that's even stupider. ]

....extra curious. and loves to eat.

[ Even if it's not food. He absolutely once saw his dragon chew on a rock before spitting it out dramatically. It was tough to watch for Zuko on many levels. ]

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I can't say which would be best for tea, but if you want to know what isn't poisonous, you take it and rub it on your skin. If it doesn't cause any irritation after a few hours, rub some on your lips, if you don't get ill, try eating a little. If that doesn't make you ill, congratulations, it's edible!

As for dragons, at least the ones in my world, there's little they cannot eat and walk away from fine, blight included. That said, when my clan's halla had eaten something and fallen ill my father would give them olive oil and lemon juice to get them to vomit. Has the added bonus effect of them avoiding anything that smelled remotely like olive oil or lemon!

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olive oil and lemon juice
thanks
that's really useful
zun eats all kinds of things i dont want him to........ it'll come in useful im sure...

as for rubbing potentially poisonous plants all over my skin and lips, no thanks
uncle is a grown man
he can do that himself if he's curious

[ omg rude nephew ]

[lendedahand]

[Alright, there’s a good few minutes before he manages a response because that last bit got him laughing.]

It was more a survival strategy, I’m sure there are local books if he’s looking for specific ingredients for tea. Or he can go testing plants for poison if he’s feeling adventurous.

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oh thats a good idea too though
youre right
i bet there are books about local plants he could use for tea
plants we dont have in our world
i dont care about this stuff myself so i didnt think of it before

[ The subtext being, there, that he cares about it enough for Iroh, though, to actually care about it. Having a motivation is different. ]

[lendedahand]

[Alright this had to be some kid with an outlook like that, and this was priceless.]

Well, you thought to ask and it’s the thought that counts, right?

And later you can impress your uncle with your newfound knowledge of making your dragon vomit, and avoiding an untimely death by plant.

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haha.
uncle will be speechless im sure
he'll love zun's new trick

[lendedahand]

Do tell me how that goes. Don’t spare a detail. That will be a story worth keeping.