“Azula!” Zuko was rough and raw as he called out his sister’s name. The rifle in his hands, however, didn’t waver. “Get away from him!”
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why wouldn't he just shoot her- if not to kill- to wound bad enough to stop her. after what she's already proved herself capable of- why would he warn her, give her chance to fight back or take hostage- was he stupid enough to think she'd surrender. he was willing to risk his and sokka's life on it after all they'd been through and all he knows her capable of. that doesn't seem so smart.
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i was also surprised that they didn't use the very big distraction of the mountain crumbling and the dust cloud to try to escape-because they knew it was coming and azula didn't- and azula was definitely distracted from what you wrote.
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this was an exciting chapter. it was interesting as well- we discover the evil family plan to let chaos reign and make money selling weapons to both sides, etc.
thanks for sharing another chapter