“Why don't you like me?” Ty Lee asked. “I've helped you. I've captured benders for you.”
“You're weak,” Ozai said. “And you'll make Azula weak.”
“Nothing can make Azula weak,” Ty Lee said. “Nothing touches her.”
She didn't let the sadness show. Her chin was held high.
Ozai laughed.
“Well. Do you want to be useful?”
Ty Lee didn't nod, didn't say yes, didn't do anything. She didn't know what he meant, and she wasn't sure that she wanted to know. But Ozai grabbed a handful of her hair, and one hand over her heart-
It was painful. Something ripped through her, and her heart skipped a beat, and then another, and she was sure for a moment that she was going to die before it started again.
And then everything was over, and Ozai let go of her hair, and she crumpled to the ground.
“I doubt you'll be strong enough to use it instead of being used by it,” he told her. “But if you survive, you'll be more useful as a firebender.”
And he walked away as Ty Lee clutched at her chest and tried to remember how to breathe.
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Date: 2011-03-11 06:19 am (UTC)“You're weak,” Ozai said. “And you'll make Azula weak.”
“Nothing can make Azula weak,” Ty Lee said. “Nothing touches her.”
She didn't let the sadness show. Her chin was held high.
Ozai laughed.
“Well. Do you want to be useful?”
Ty Lee didn't nod, didn't say yes, didn't do anything. She didn't know what he meant, and she wasn't sure that she wanted to know. But Ozai grabbed a handful of her hair, and one hand over her heart-
It was painful. Something ripped through her, and her heart skipped a beat, and then another, and she was sure for a moment that she was going to die before it started again.
And then everything was over, and Ozai let go of her hair, and she crumpled to the ground.
“I doubt you'll be strong enough to use it instead of being used by it,” he told her. “But if you survive, you'll be more useful as a firebender.”
And he walked away as Ty Lee clutched at her chest and tried to remember how to breathe.