Mother in a Dream | Closed RP
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Azula was home…. and Ursa was definitely nervous about this. Sliding her frozen hands uncomfortably into her sleeves, the woman gave a short bow of the head in greeting.
“Azula.” she said softly, offering a smile. “I’m glad you’ve come back.” was she? She always adored Azula, but, she was very well aware of their ever strained relationship. Her fingers were starting to ache…
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“Didn’t have much of a choice, I’m afraid,” Azula muttered.
She wasn’t ready for this. Any of it. Just as she hadn’t been ready for Zuko to come and rescue her from that cell in the Earth Kingdom -- or for him to succeed in doing so.
The Dai Li had certainly made it near impossible...But then Zuko hadn’t ever known when to quit.
Still, it hadn’t prepared her for the surprise that their mother was alive and well, and in the palace in Caldera awaiting their return. It hadn’t prepared her for the fact that he would insist that they see each other right away (rather out of character, considering).
Early winter had settled over the Fire Nation, and with it a brisker wind which promised the monsoon season would be wild and damaging. Soon she would be forgotten again in the wake of floods and disaster relief and any number of things that she remembered had always occupied her father during the rainy season.
Maybe her mother would forget about her too, and Azula could live peaceably. For a little while.
She searched the soft lines of the older woman’s face for a breath. Caught the weariness there which only seemed to mirror Azula’s own...and wasn’t that appropriate? Somewhere along the line, Azula’s reflection in the mirror had become her mother’s face, if a little leaner in the cheeks.
“I see you’re back as well,” Azula added after the fact, feeling less eloquent than she had ever been in her entire life.
