17th Transmission - Audio - 4TH WALL DAY

[heavyweaponsbot]

So. It is time for the tournament?

[Ironhide chuckles.]

You may as well all retire now. I will be winning this one, I think.

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[heavyweaponsbot]

[And he can only stare in response. For several long seconds, as he struggles with that.]

[After everything that had happened. Everything in the end. It was still there.]

[He simply curls his hand around Zuko enough to lift the boy onto one massive shoulder with a shout.]

Still there! Hah!

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[ex_honors291]

[He can't help a grin--even being stuck here now, there was promise of return. There homes were still there. This wasn't the end. The End wasn't even the end.

And that alone can give them strength and hope. Zuko's willing to bet on that.]

Yeah. So don't give up trying to find a way home yet. Because there definitely is one out there.

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[heavyweaponsbot]

[The feeling of elation lasts about until Zuko speaks. Then he falls silent, going still.]

I cannot go home yet, boy.

[He glances over at him.] Too many left back on the Shore. Too... many who need to go home.

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[ex_honors291]

[He nods, slowly at first, and then more eager. Right. He couldn't forget that, either. There were others that needed help. Others that weren't here yet. Sokka, Katara...he needed to help them and everyone else, too.]

You're right. I don't even know where to start, but...we'll figure something out.

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[heavyweaponsbot]

First we get back to the shore...

[He looks over at Zuko -- his charge, his friend -- and nods. It's good to know there's hope. It took seeing old, familiar faces again to remind him. But, now... they just have to act on it.]

... Then home again. All of us.