[ nic stops mid-step the moment the boy is suddenly ALL UP IN HIS GRILL... he blinks a few times, looking genuinely surprised by your sudden presence, zuko. gj you managed to sneak up on a deaf man. (it's surprisingly difficult, sometimes, okay!)
but what are you even saying, zuko, that ain't english. unless it is, and i'm dumb. nic glances down at his wrist, briefly reading the words before he waves a mangled hand in the air, getting some frosting on the floor in the process. ]
i Did. [ he arches a brow at zuko. ] ArE yOU GoiNG TO mAkE mE PAy for IT?
[ with zuko no longer in his way, nic has every chance now to continue moving away. but he doesn't. instead he contemplates the rest of the cake in his mangled hands. ]
i HaD To GEt SomEWhERe. tHe DooR WaSn'T LETtinG me.
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when is it never that time though?
but what are you even saying, zuko, that ain't english.
unless it is, and i'm dumb.nic glances down at his wrist, briefly reading the words before he waves a mangled hand in the air, getting some frosting on the floor in the process. ]i Did. [ he arches a brow at zuko. ] ArE yOU GoiNG TO mAkE mE PAy for IT?
true
Is he lying? ]
What? Why?
[ He moves out of the way. ]
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i HaD To GEt SomEWhERe. tHe DooR WaSn'T LETtinG me.
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