Chapter 30.1- And so the Dragons Danced
Added 2024-10-30 17:35:11 +0000 UTC“So Ba Sing Se, huh?” Toji asked as we rode next to each other. Toph was to my other side, having a uniquely terrible time. I’d told her she couldn’t just walk the distance because it would slow us down and being on a horse meant she had no way of ‘seeing’ her surroundings. It was a unique weakness that I was doing my best to eliminate.
“Indeed. The big one. The one we’ve all been waiting for.” I said.
“So how are we getting there? I know most of this lot haven’t bothered looking at a map but I have. That tells me we’re going the wrong way.”
Toph’s head whirled over to look at us at that.
“Please speak louder, Toji. The spies haven’t heard you yet”
“Spies?”
“Gaoling knew we were coming before we even left Omashu. Someone is slipping information to someone they shouldn’t be and that means we need to be careful with our information”
“You sound paranoid. Are you sure you’re okay? Sleeping alright?” Toji said, giving me an assessing look.
“To answer your question, we are heading to a handy village that should have the port we need.” I said.
“I see. And I assume we’re not taking the land route because of the giant desert between us and the walled city.”
“Precisely.”
“So you have ships waiting? Or are we going to be waiting for them once we get there. Take the city and hold it till we get support?” He asked.
“What do you think the letters I sent when we took Gaoling were for?” I said.
“So if this was always the plan, then we didn’t need to face General Shithead and lose several hundred men”
“No. Jinpei would have chased us this way regardless. I just didn’t correct the assumption made that we were going to follow the same route General Iroh did, tracking through Mountain after mountain to arrive at our destination”
A/N; Still mentally working through this. Might retcon a few things
