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by
F.C. Yee
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November 2 - November 4, 2024
Almost died. Met the Avatar. Stole from her.
Let things slide for too long and you’d be tricked into thinking they’d always been that way.
So much for the moment of quiet contemplation.
Kalyaan
“I didn’t mean to put you out.”
Our home is your home.”
His gaze wasn’t humbly lowered enough.
To give hospitality to a monk or a nun was a great fortune.
The compromise was enough to prevent disaster.
“But to best serve people, I need to talk to them directly, learn about their lives firsthand.”
counting houses
Jonduri, Taku, Port Tuugaq—
sifu
Companions of the Avatar went down in the annals of history.
Truly, utterly, they’d been blessed tonight.
Masters Sidao and Boma
never going to forget the day he ran into the Avatar twice.
Thousands of years do not give way to a decade.
She wasn’t supposed to plummet in from the sky on Nujian
She was the Avatar, not a screeching bird of prey.
Nanyan, near Foggy Swamp,
“I am here to help you!” she shouted.
What help? You up there, and us down here, what help?
The man who’d struck Boma was simply further along the journey than most.
“In the Four Nations, you rise in the presence of the Avatar!” he snarled.
They were not off to a good start for her mission.
Henshe, Zongdu of Bin-Er.
General Nong
And another slight to her and her past lives.
I didn’t tell him to say that.
You mean hidden from me.
Abbot Sonam
“Noehi.”
Tienhaishi
Poor dear, best to be direct.
Earth King Feishan
“Sometime before I next speak to the Earth King.”
“I’m sure a reconciliation can be achieved.”
Toward the end, Yangchen realized how big of a mistake she’d made.
It was a reckless bet, spurred on by her wounded pride.
so enamored with themselves that they justify squeezing commonfolk and cheating kings.”
don’t know how the world works.
“Problem-solving. It’s our job.”
“You’re doing great, Miki,” he said. “Keep up the good work.”
“What a meeting, huh?”
An Air Nomad having us by the throat, Henshe mused. Only in Bin-Er.
Zongdu Chaisee of Jonduri,
Su Oku.
The Avatar who didn’t help.
Tienhaishi
