He didn't always use the words he'd picked up in places like Fairplay and the ship because they sometimes sounded a little too alien in his mouth, but sometimes his usual vocabulary just wouldn't do.
"You're sidetracking, though. You always do that." Of course, he kept sidetracking, too, but he had a head injury and that was a good excuse. Zuko always did it just because he didn't like certain subjects. "I was trying to say... what was I trying to say?"
Oh yeah.
"I was trying to say the reason you're tolerating getting thrown up on by a peasant is because..."
Because why?
"You've always...when you were little because of that clock, you kept talking about how Azula was better, and your dad was awful and I hate him and I don't hate many people, and now you're saying that people either put you on a pedestal and didn't recognize you were tough or your dad was...your dad, but you're just Zuko. You used to have a ponytail and be a jerk--well, more of a jerk--and I think sometimes you're the best person in the world, and you're my friend."
Apparently, he was in the "I love you, man," stage of being concussed. Or maybe...
Maybe his face creased up a little bit in an unhappy expression.
"I hate that it sounds like you've always been unhappy, no matter what."
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He didn't always use the words he'd picked up in places like Fairplay and the ship because they sometimes sounded a little too alien in his mouth, but sometimes his usual vocabulary just wouldn't do.
"You're sidetracking, though. You always do that." Of course, he kept sidetracking, too, but he had a head injury and that was a good excuse. Zuko always did it just because he didn't like certain subjects. "I was trying to say... what was I trying to say?"
Oh yeah.
"I was trying to say the reason you're tolerating getting thrown up on by a peasant is because..."
Because why?
"You've always...when you were little because of that clock, you kept talking about how Azula was better, and your dad was awful and I hate him and I don't hate many people, and now you're saying that people either put you on a pedestal and didn't recognize you were tough or your dad was...your dad, but you're just Zuko. You used to have a ponytail and be a jerk--well, more of a jerk--and I think sometimes you're the best person in the world, and you're my friend."
Apparently, he was in the "I love you, man," stage of being concussed. Or maybe...
Maybe his face creased up a little bit in an unhappy expression.
"I hate that it sounds like you've always been unhappy, no matter what."
Maybe it was that.