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Moonlight washed over the ancient temple ruins, silvering the stones where Zuko stood watching. A day’s worth of fragile truce weighed on his shoulders. Across the courtyard, Sokka worked in the shadows, checking Appa’s saddle straps for a silent midnight departure. The Fire Prince’s gaze followed every movement—wary, but resolved. While the others slept, he stole forward with a firebender’s quiet grace, pulling himself onto the bison’s broad back and settling into the thick fur. As Sokka began to climb up, Zuko shifted into view, his face a careful mask of neutrality. The question cut through the night’s stillness. *Going somewhere?*