Although Kahn had many ideas about Firebending, according to Iroh, it was best not to innovate rashly before reaching a certain level.
This was not just a matter of innovation, but also a matter of personal safety.
The three elents of air, water, and earth are relatively gentle.
They generally do not cause any harm to the bender themselves, making them quite safe to use.
But fire is different.
Even without bending, flas themselves are quite dangerous.
If Firebending is used improperly, even slightly, it can backfire on the user.
Worse yet, it can affect comrades, making it a sharp double-edged sword.
Perhaps because of this, it is one of the reasons why the Fire Nation's education promotes 'restraint'.
A Firebender who cannot maintain restraint is quite dangerous from various perspectives.
However, speaking of this, Iroh couldn't help but sigh.
He said that many people nowadays only rember superficial restraint in their Firebending forms and deanor.
But they forget that 'restraint' should also be maintained in thought, and even a nation is no exception.
Kahn ignored Iroh's later self-serving opinions and simply nodded.
He temporarily abandoned his plans to play around with new forms, preparing instead to first lay a solid foundation.
Besides, he already had enough to do.
He was not only learning Firebending with Iroh, but also practicing Earthbending forms with Kori and studying Chi Blocking with Ty Lee.
He was even writing a book.
Additionally, whenever Azula and her group ca looking for him, he had to spend a lot of ti playing with them.
His life was quite rich, one could say.
So, the matter of innovating forms was temporarily put aside.
However, recently, Kahn noticed Zuko occasionally spacing out and showing unusual signs of sadness.
This made him feel that sothing was off.
This afternoon, Zuko uncharacteristically stayed for dinner, and Azula didn't co to disturb them.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, after dinner, while the two were resting in the courtyard, Kahn asked Zuko:
"What's been going on lately? You look so troubled."
Zuko was startled.
"Is it that obvious?"
Kahn shrugged.
"It's written all over your face. So, what is it?"
Zuko was silent for a mont.
Then his expression suddenly beca sowhat downcast, as if he had dropped his disguise, and he spoke.
"...Yesterday was my mother's birthday. I miss her a bit."
Yesterday was Lady Ursa's birthday?
Kahn was surprised for a mont, then realized the situation.
No wonder Zuko looked like this, and no wonder Azula hadn't been seen these past two days.
It seed that not only Zuko, but Azula must also be in a bad mood.
Speaking of which, seeing Zuko's expression, Kahn didn't know what to say for a mont.
Regarding Ursa's disappearance, Azula ca to him imdiately.
She had even pulled him into her plan, which was quite swift and decisive.
On the other hand, Zuko had never brought up this topic since the incident occurred.
And Kahn didn't feel it was appropriate to ask proactively.
This back and forth led to him not understanding Zuko's thoughts at all.
However, since Zuko had brought up the topic himself this ti, it was a good opportunity.
After organizing his thoughts, Kahn asked him:
"Well, I'm not very good with comforting words, you know what I an."
"But what do you think about this whole matter?"
"What do you an, 'what do I think'?"
"Of course, I an your mother's disappearance."
"This whole thing seems very off; don't you have any thoughts on it?"
When Azula first asked Fire Lord Ozai, he replied that Ursa had died.
But this was clearly just a perfunctory answer.
Because if Ursa had really died, there would be no need to conceal her whereabouts so fiercely.
No secrets could be dug out of a corpse.
Iroh had also told him that Ursa had disappeared, not died.
Later, Ozai changed his story, claiming Ursa had left her children behind and departed alone.
But he still refused to ntion anything else.
When this was brought up, Zuko spoke sowhat unwillingly.
"After I heard the news, I imdiately went to ask my father about my mother's whereabouts."
"But he refused to say and instead reprimanded severely."
"And then? You just gave up?"
"Of course not!"
Zuko imdiately denied it loudly, then explained:
"I want to grow up, learn more, or wait until my father acknowledges ."
"Then maybe he'll tell ."
After speaking, he thought for a mont, then bit the bullet and added:
"If that doesn't work, when I'm older, I can go find her myself."
"I see."
After hearing Zuko's plan, Kahn responded noncommittally, but sighed inwardly.
Zuko was indeed well-taught by Ursa: polite, loyal, kind-hearted, and so on.
Even when facing Ozai, a very harsh father, he never had rebellious or defiant thoughts, appearing very obedient.
But Ozai is not a good person!
Although his contact with Ozai was limited, just looking at what the man had done revealed everything.
Patricide and usurpation, ntally manipulating his own daughter, ntally abusing his own son, and using so unknown sche to drive away his own wife...
Based solely on the deeds he knew about the Fire Lord, he could conclude that Ozai was a pure, ntally twisted villain, no doubt about it.
Listening to one's father is not inherently problematic.
But if that father is Ozai, Kahn felt there was a big problem.
Even a tiger doesn't eat its cubs.
But Ozai, on the other hand, specifically targeted his own family; he was truly a monster.
When Ursa was around, she could protect Zuko.
But now that Ursa was gone, if Zuko continued like this, Kahn felt that the prince might develop 'Stockholm Syndro' or be brainwashed like Azula.
Moreover, Zuko didn't have Azula's cunning or her madness.
So it would be difficult for him to break free once he fell into that trap.
The more Kahn thought about it, the more dangerous Zuko's situation seed.
Suddenly, an idea arose in his mind.
Why not bring Zuko over to our side, too?
What he ant by 'our side' referred to him and Azula, and also to him and Iroh, and also to him, Iroh, and Azula.
A total of three combinations.
It sounded a bit inexplicable, but it was easy to understand.
His and Azula's combination's goal was to find Ursa's whereabouts, and their enemy was Ozai.
His and Iroh's combination was mainly due to Iroh's antagonistic relationship with Ozai.
And because their enemy was all Ozai, plus Iroh also knew about Ursa's matter and tacitly approved of his and Azula's actions, a weak three-person alliance was ford.
Azula and Zuko had always been at odds.
And Azula also found Zuko's abilities and intelligence insufficient, so he had always been excluded from the plan to find Ursa.
Iroh, on his side, had many troubles himself, and Zuko's identity as the Crown Prince was sensitive.
So he hadn't revealed anything to him either, thus leaving Zuko as an outsider.
However, considering Zuko's own safety now, Kahn felt it was ti to let Zuko know so things.
Preferably, he wanted to make him a mber of their group as well.
As for whether to bring Zuko into an existing group, or for him to start a new group with Zuko, he needed to think it over carefully.
Thinking this, Kahn suddenly paused.
He didn't know why, but he suddenly felt like a player pulling the string
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