Being a leader at such a young age could strain anybody. For a week or so, Zuko has been feeling immense pain. He’d pushed through it at first, unwilling to let anyone notice, but it worsened. One of his advisors suggested summoning the healer. Word of the palace’s new healer had spread quickly through the halls. A waterbender from the Southern Water Tribe, sent as a gesture of trust and goodwill. Zuko wondered if they might be important to this palace... and to him.