AUDIENCE: ZUKO

[retellers]

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[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.

[cuedoves]

...

Honestly, I do think it's kind of crazy. Just hopping into portals and ending up in a new world. Even if it just memories.

[retellers]

A lot about this place is crazy, yes.

[cuedoves]

So can you blame me for thinking it's power-related?

[retellers]

Oh, I absolutely still can.

[cuedoves]

Why did I expect differently....

[ dramatic sighs!! ]

... What's it like, over there? Do they get to visit other places too?

[retellers]

Pretty much. You'd have to ask one of the others for more details, though—I haven't spent much time there beyond talking to some of my team members one on one.

[cuedoves]

So talking you is about the same...?

[ huh. ]

It's kind of a relief to know they're.... basically doing the same thing as us, but without murder.

[retellers]

Essentially, yes.