Zuko pauses. He sighs, scratches the back of his head, groans.
"I'm not going to get myself killed." he reaches out to touch her on the shoulder, then draws his hand back. They really are all the other has, here.
"You're . . ." his world. More important than the Fire Nation. Safe and here, and not in danger of being killed, or harvested for power or . . . whatever it is this ship is doing to the Avatar.
"I promise, if it gets to the point where I'm this close to a Punishment -" he doesn't like the sound of those - "I'll stop. I'd never leave you."
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Zuko pauses. He sighs, scratches the back of his head, groans.
"I'm not going to get myself killed." he reaches out to touch her on the shoulder, then draws his hand back. They really are all the other has, here.
"You're . . ." his world. More important than the Fire Nation. Safe and here, and not in danger of being killed, or harvested for power or . . . whatever it is this ship is doing to the Avatar.
"I promise, if it gets to the point where I'm this close to a Punishment -" he doesn't like the sound of those - "I'll stop. I'd never leave you."
He reaches out to touch her shoulder.