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Weeks of searching, more weeks of life on Stacy, and Zuko still hadn't found who he was looking for.

He was getting plenty sick of tunnel-crawling, too, and closer to a Punishment than was probably smart. And he hated to think of how much time "missions" were going to take away from his search . . . but whether he lacked time or not, he still needed to train.

The scarred prince ran through his katas in the Sensoriums, a breeze cooling the sweat on his back and blowing away the heat from his flames as he practiced in an open-air dojo. They were basic katas. His uncle would have been proud -

Except, no. He really wouldn't. Zuko faltered in his stance, remembering the last time he'd seen his uncle - the dim prison, the quiet disapproval in his voice, and Zuko's fireblast went wide as he stumbled.

Shit. At least nobody was there to see, right . . .?

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"It looked kung fu powered."

"As opposed to being powered by what?"

"I dunno. Radiation? Alien ray beams? There's a lot of stuff that can power stuff."

"Well it's not any of those things, it's my breath."

DUR, Kon!

"See, and all I can do is freeze stuff with mine."

A pause.

"Well, I'll get the super-breath eventually, at least. Kal's got it so it means I will."

Normally Zuko would ask if he was a waterbender.

But all these people have crazy powers. Zuko can't even begin to get a handle on that.

"Great."

This is where he should politely ask about Kon's powers, but - frankly, it sounds like he has too many.

"That's okay, though, 'cause I'm still getting the hang of the X-Ray vision. Not a fun power to have accidentally kick in unless it does it when watching an all-girls volleyball match..."

"What vision?"

"X-rays are sort of...beams that let you see through things. The X-ray vision doesn't actually work by shooting the beams--that's kind of a misname--but it's the same effect. You can see through stuff."

A pause.

"Like clothes. That's, uh, not one of its more practical applications though."

Another pause, and he admits, "Just one of the more fun ones."

The wall between the girl's and boy's locker rooms at Smallville High is oh-so-thin and not lined with lead at all...

Zuko just - wow, congratulations, Kon, nobody else has ever gotten him to express that much horror that quickly.

"Never look at my girlfriend! In fact, don't ever be in the same room as her! Stacy or not, I will find you, and I will make you hurt -"

Kon holds up his hands in a placating fashion.

"Whoa whoa whoa! I try not to do the peeping Tom thing, I swear. Definitely make an effort not to, to girls I know. . So chill, okay?"

"No! Get out of my dojo. I'm meditating."

Back to ignoring you, Kon! You and your indecent powers of indecency.

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