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    Katara hates Ba Sing Se. She hates the Dai Li and she hates sitting back idly watching the people of the lower ring suffer. After weeks of little progress in finding Appa or contacting the Earth King, Katara decides to take matters into her own hands. Being the Painted Lady offers her a way to offer what little help she can without jeopardising their mission.

    But when the Blue Spirit appears, things take an unexpected turn. She takes up arms with the man in the wooden mask, fighting the criminals threatening the peace she was working so hard to foster. There's an undeniable tension that flows between the two of them, and the Painted Lady finds herself drawn to the man with the husky laugh and pale hands.

    Katara however, knows better. The Painted Lady might be the one to reap the pleasures of the night, but it would always be Katara who suffered the consequences.

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    08 May 2026

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    "You see me."

    And somehow, that makes all the difference.

    (Podfic version now available!)

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    06 May 2026

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    Katara grew up in the Southern Water Tribe under the tutelage of Hama, the only waterbender ever to have escaped Fire Nation captivity. When Zuko arrives at the South Pole, seeking the Avatar, they are more than ready to defend him. Iroh watches as his beloved nephew throws himself at the ice walls again and again in an impossible siege–-and resolves to do anything it takes to save his nephew from himself. With the assistance of the Order of the White Lotus, he deposes his brother on the Day of Black Sun.

    A week later, the Southern Water Tribe receives a petition for peace, and a proposal of marriage.

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    06 May 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 17

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    "But meeting you?" He sighed. "You've taught me the moon nurses the water, and stars weans its depths. Together, they produce flowers like you."

    "The moon nurses all waterbenders," she murmured. "We are the children she may never embrace, but sometimes, if we're lucky, a sea of stars may reassure us she is nearer than we think."

    He knew what she meant.

    "Fire Ember Island."

    "Fire Ember Island."

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    Zuko helps Katara comes to term with nearly losing her family a second time.

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    04 May 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 67

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    Sometimes the big choices are obvious; sometimes, you stand at the crossroads of destiny without ever realizing it. One little date goes a little differently, and Zuko’s entire destiny changes.

    Turns out, Ba Sing Se is a more complicated place than Zuko expected. Also known as 'Iroh gets what he wanted, and more than he bargained for.'

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    21 Apr 2026