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Amendments by fickleish
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005), Avatar: The Last Airbender & Related Fandoms, Avatar: The Last Airbender: Chronicles of the Avatar Novels - Various
22 Jun 2026
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"I am grateful that you're finally paying attention to the possibility of marriage," he began, scrambling for the appropriate words. "But the need to change the decree, I wonder. Why?" He kept it simple.
The question lingered for a few seconds. Zuko was unmoved, and maybe he wished the walls of the hallway would simply absorb it, so that he wouldn't have to answer at all. He even thought that if he stayed quiet—and gave the chamberlain an intimidating enough look—the man might take that as an answer.
The chamberlain shifted slightly. It was working.
But then he straightened, squaring himself to face the Fire Lord properly.
"Do you have someone in mind, Fire Lord Zuko?"
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Zuko quietly amends a century of Fire Nation marriage law for a friend who doesn't know he's in love with her.