ZUKO STILL HAS NO IDEA how any of this happened. But apparently, there are plenty of other people it’s happened to too-- but it doesn’t make it any better, really. He’s spent the past few days trying to figure out what’s going on, but to no avail--
It seems like there’s no real way back.
Not that he’s going to stop trying. But he’ll at least try to understand something about this place that he’s ended up.
It’s nothing like home. Nothing like anything he’s ever seen. And he’s seen most of the world. All in all, he’s decidedly uncomfortable. And thus, naturally, finds himself gravitating towards the familiar where he can. Not that it’s super familiar, but still-- the Cotes Ward is closer to home than the other places in the city.
And then, not too far away, he catches a glimpse of a familiar figure-- he can’t be sure, of course, but as he gets closer, trying to weave through the surrounding people, he knows it’s her, and a surge of relief washes over him.
“ toph! ” he calls out, as he approaches, “ you’re here too? ”