AUDIENCE: ZUKO

[retellers]

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week 4, monday

[retellers]

[ zuko will receive a message telling him to the bridge.

there, fox waits. ]

[cuedoves]

[ waving ]

Hey. I've got questions again. I know you can't answer some things, but whatever you can answer, I need to know.

[ cutting to the chase today!!! ]

[retellers]

Go ahead.

[cuedoves]

One of the removed said that we should be speaking to you. Are you in contact with them, somehow? She said the path to them was perilous....

[retellers]

[ they sigh. ]

This again? I'll tell you what I told the last person: I have no idea why any of the removed wants people to talk to me.

[cuedoves]

Maybe they just miss you.

[ mister sass over here. ]

I know the repeat questions are annoying. But I just wanted to hear it for myself.

Do you know anything about where they are, or... how they're even communicating with us?

[retellers]

The same way you're communicating with them.

[cuedoves]

Okay, what about where they are?

[retellers]

It exists? Not much to say about it, to be honest.

[cuedoves]

There's plenty to say about it! Where, how.... are they okay? What are they doing?

[retellers]

They're fine at the moment--and I'm specifying that just because I can't promise the future, not because I expect anything in particular.

[ in case zuko's next question was going to be WHY AT THE MOMENT. ]

I can't say for sure what they're doing, since we Leaders can't spend too much time over there, but I imagine they're doing mostly the same thing as you. Hanging out with people, gathering nova, etc.

[cuedoves]

[ he does look very relieved to hear this, so thanks, fox-chan!!! ]

So you can go there....

[ huh. maybe that's why they said to ask for fox. ]

I'm guessing that's one of your duties when you're not babysitting us.... babysitting them?

Is it one of those places in the castle that we can't get to?

[retellers]

... Why on earth do you think we're keeping all of the removed in our lodgings like it's some kind of prison?

[ gently amused. ]

They're in a separate dimension entirely.

[cuedoves]

[ a little huffily!! ]

For all I know about this place, the castle could have 50 dimensions in it.

[ it's baby huff compared to zuko's usual temper. but, huh. ]

I guessed "removed from the realm" is very... literal.

[retellers]

Did you think it wasn't?

[cuedoves]

... I kind of thought it was a euphemism.

How do you, uh, go between dimensions?

[retellers]

There's a gateway. Before you ask, no, you can't use it. Well, not unless you feel like shattering.

[cuedoves]

[ laughs a little ]

Yeah, I figured that would be too easy.

... Can all of you leaders use it?

[retellers]

[ amused, ]

You think I get special privileges?

[cuedoves]

Don't you all have special powers?

[retellers]

Babysitting the removed sounds less like a power and more like a chore.

[cuedoves]

Isn't all of this chores for you? I mean, babysitting us and running murder trials doesn't sound any less annoying to me.

[retellers]

Exactly.

So if running trials doesn't count as a power, why would traversing to the removed be?

[cuedoves]

Because there are portals involved....? That seems like a power thing to me.

[ ok though. ]

I guess you guys trade off on it like everything else.

[retellers]

By that logic, you all have superpowers every time you enter the northern areas.

Pretty much.