As the merchant retrieves Zuko's feed, two boys hiding beside the counter throw an egg at the soldiers just behind Zuko, and run for cover. As he extends his hand forward revealing a small number of coins, the man tells him that he does not have enough for a hot meal, but he can give Zuko two bags of feed. He dismounts his ostrich horse and, walking over to a merchant standing behind a counter, asks to purchase some water, a hot meal, and a bag of feed. On his way in, he passes some Earth Kingdom soldiers, who lock eyes with Zuko for a moment. Zuko opens his eyes again, but keeps his head down.ДЇinally, Zuko arrives in a village.

A woman walking down a dark hallway with a hood appears. His vision becomes blurred as he presses on and he closes his eyes. Now more tired and dehydrated than ever, Zuko is struggling to maintain his consciousness. However, upon seeing that the man is traveling with a pregnant woman, he continues on. Zuko puts a hand over his gurgling stomach and moves the hand to his sword hilt. With a gaunt appearance and an empty stomach, he suddenly stops at the smell of something he looks over to find a man cooking a large piece of meat over an open flame. He nearly falls through a bridge but maneuvers his mount back into place. Zuko travels by himself through semi-arid terrain on his ostrich horse. Zuko's identity as the banished Fire Nation Prince is revealed when he firebends, and the boy and his family reject him because of it. Zuko helps defend the family from rogue Earth Kingdom soldiers who terrorize the town and has flashbacks of his youth when his mother was still around.

After deciding he would be better off on his own and leaving his uncle, Zuko continues his journey alone and ends up in an Earth Kingdom town, where a young boy named Lee brings him home for dinner and subsequently bonds with the banished prince.

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