You'd be lost without their demands and expectations. You wouldn't know what to do next without them.
[...Huh. Actually expressing how angry and lonely she's felt throughout her life and having someone understand rather than react and say immediately it was wrong and she shouldn't tolerate it is...strangely therapeutic.]
[And that's when it fully hits him how much of an idiot he's been. His father had given up on him. Cast him out, disowned him the moment he gave him that scar. He would never be allowed to return home. He'd never have his love, nor had he ever had it. Azula had been right. He would never set foot in that house.
He should have known his real value in their family when his father had told him he was lucky to be alive. Letting him live was the only fatherly act he had ever received from Ozai. The first, and the last.
And now here he was. Nearing his third year of desperate appeals to his father, stubborn rejections of Iroh's advice, encouraging him to rebuild his life with what he had.
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[...Huh. Actually expressing how angry and lonely she's felt throughout her life and having someone understand rather than react and say immediately it was wrong and she shouldn't tolerate it is...strangely therapeutic.]
I guess that's where I'm at right now.
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[And that's when it fully hits him how much of an idiot he's been. His father had given up on him. Cast him out, disowned him the moment he gave him that scar. He would never be allowed to return home. He'd never have his love, nor had he ever had it. Azula had been right. He would never set foot in that house.
He should have known his real value in their family when his father had told him he was lucky to be alive. Letting him live was the only fatherly act he had ever received from Ozai. The first, and the last.
And now here he was. Nearing his third year of desperate appeals to his father, stubborn rejections of Iroh's advice, encouraging him to rebuild his life with what he had.
He just felt so... Stupid.]
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Maybe that's why Dumbledore wants us to work together. You don't feel so lost when you're with someone.
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He also gently takes the egg.]
Probably uncle's doing, too.
[And now he lets out a small smile. His uncle really has been more of a father than Ozai. He should probably start listening to him more.]
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[It's completely mindblowing, I say!]
I'm glad I met him. And you. You're wonderful family members.