Glancing down at Hughie's hand, the familiarity of the gesture surprised him, but he obliged and shook hands with the other man.
"No problem," he said in his quiet, perpetually serious way. "We'll stick to the alleyways," Zuko continued, working on forming a plan to get them both to the center of town, where hopefully they would find a tavern.
Asking for directions seemed like a bad choice, outsiders clearly snagged the attention of the locals in a hurry. They would have to find it by themselves. "If something happens I'll cover our retreat, you run and try not to get caught, okay?" He wasn't sure what to make of Hughie. If the guy was good in a fight that could be useful if it came to that, but violence usually made a scene - and they were trying not to cause one of those.
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"No problem," he said in his quiet, perpetually serious way. "We'll stick to the alleyways," Zuko continued, working on forming a plan to get them both to the center of town, where hopefully they would find a tavern.
Asking for directions seemed like a bad choice, outsiders clearly snagged the attention of the locals in a hurry. They would have to find it by themselves. "If something happens I'll cover our retreat, you run and try not to get caught, okay?" He wasn't sure what to make of Hughie. If the guy was good in a fight that could be useful if it came to that, but violence usually made a scene - and they were trying not to cause one of those.