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[bentflame]

My sixteenth birthday is in one month.

Things will have to be different this year.

Comments

[beigerenegade.livejournal.com]

'Want' and 'should' can lead to very different places.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

It's not a matter of what I should do! A celebration is traditional, but it isn't necessary!

[beigerenegade.livejournal.com]

Not necessary, no, but it may still help - surely anything to temper their crude rebellion would be worth it?

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

It wouldn't do anything. Don't pretend to be knowledgeable about my--

I don't want to, and I'm not going to!

[beigerenegade.livejournal.com]

I may not know your world specifically, Fire Lord, but I've known countless others in similar situations.

All right. Can I still get you a present?

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

... A present. Why?

[beigerenegade.livejournal.com]

It's...what one does, when someone they like has a birthday.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

Why would you like me?

[beigerenegade.livejournal.com]

I enjoy intelligent conversation.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

So you mean you occasionally like talking to me. That's different from liking somebody.

[beigerenegade.livejournal.com]

Well, face to face interaction is a bit more difficult, but I did enjoy that meeting as well.

Isn't that the definition, Fire Lord, enjoying one's company?

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

... I don't know.

[beigerenegade.livejournal.com]

...Well. I've liked a fair amount of people in my time, and that does seem to cover it.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

I generally don't like anyone.

[beigerenegade.livejournal.com]

No? Why not?

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

People are generally meaningless. Tools, to be discarded once they're no longer of use.

[beigerenegade.livejournal.com]

I suppose it would be simpler to think of them that way. It's different here, though, isn't it? It's harder to use people on different worlds.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

Not really; I've done my fair share.

And besides, I don't do it because it's simpler. I do it because, by and large, I feel nothing for them. Why should I?

[beigerenegade.livejournal.com]

Well, you do seem like you'd be skilled at it.

...It's part of being human, Azula. Feeling for other people.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

I suppose that's why I'm a monster.

Voice

[beigerenegade.livejournal.com]

[suddenly switches to voice; quite firmly] You certainly are not.

Re: Voice

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

[Adopts the same tone]

I certainly am.

Voice

[beigerenegade.livejournal.com]

Do you kill merely for the sake of it? Do you devastate civilisations for fun?

Re: Voice

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

That would be counterproductive. Everything I do has a purpose. It doesn't change the fact that I'm cold; hard; heartless.

Re: Voice

[beigerenegade.livejournal.com]

It still puts you leagues above some of the people, and I use that term loosely, that I've met. You're ruthless, yes - many rulers are. I don't entirely approve, honestly, but that doesn't give me the right to dismiss you as a monster.

I don't believe you're quite so heartless, either.