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Almost nothing Sokka had done in the Fire Nation had been
boring. Infiltrating the islands, leading the invasion of the capital, helping
topple a genocidal madman, the coronation and celebrations that had
followed—war was awful, but it wasn’t boring.

Guard duty was boring.

He walked around the little garden house on the palace
grounds, thumbing at the pommel of his sword the whole way. By his count, it
was another quarter-hour before the patrol route would bring the section’s
Kyoshi Warriors back around so he had someone
to talk to. It was very lonely, having the Fire Lord’s unconditional trust.
Being the only one he trusted to manage his sister’s security since she’d been
moved out of that sanitarium. Sokka had agreed with that choice,
personally…until Zuko placed him in charge of her. Not that he wasn’t up to the
task, or had slouched in his new duties, but most of the time he was so out of
his skull with boredom that he almost wished something would happen just to break the monotony. Fortunately, or unfortunately
for his diminished sense of excitement, anyone with something against the
princess had long since been removed from any position to do anything about it.

And then the bell over her door rang.

Sokka’s brow furrowed. She’d never used that bell, not in
the six months since he’d installed it. There had been no need, she was only
supposed to use it if she was in…danger…

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