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  1. Public Bookmark 15

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    "My Breath—that is what I call this song," says Bato, "for it is as necessary to me to sing as it is to breathe."

    When Hakoda exhales, his breath crystallizes in the frozen antarctic air, shimmering and beautifully mesmerizing. The Water Tribe word for poetry is the same as its word for to breathe. Both come from the root anerca—the soul.

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    11 Apr 2024

  2. Public Bookmark 51

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    Hakoda stops then, his eyes widening. His whole body stills.

    'Oh.' Hakoda thinks. 'Bato is courting me.'

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    08 Apr 2024

  3. Public Bookmark 80

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    Sixteen-year-old Erik Lehnsherr is waiting for the Basterds at La Louisiane instead of Bridget von Hammersmark. This, well, might change a few things about how the war ends.

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    02 Apr 2024

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    “Hakoda, can I… buy you a drink?”

    “Actually,” a deeper, rumbling voice says from behind him. “I’ve got it covered.”

    “Zuko,” Hakoda says. “This is my husband, Bato.”

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    20 Mar 2024

  5. Public Bookmark 24

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    It's the night of Fire Lord Zuko's coronation when Bato and Hakoda finally find a moment of peace to themselves.

    Bato knows he shouldn’t stare but isn’t strong enough to look away tonight, too mesmerized by how the ocean-blue eyes of his best friend burn in the amber glow of the Fire Nation lights surrounding them. So beautiful that it makes him want to curse the Spirits for always keeping him just out of reach. The man he’s loved for as long as he can remember. An ache as familiar and instinctive to him as breathing.

    What he doesn’t expect is the way, tonight, Hakoda stares back.

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    19 Mar 2024