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"If you ate them, they can't attack you anymore," Zuko pointed out.

It was tempting to just tell him to shut up, but he hadn't exactly been keeping it a secret. "It means that I can control fire."

"That's pretty awesome," Bridge says, impressed. "I wonder if your aura looks different because of that," he ponders.

"You read auras?" Zuko asked.

"Auras are energy, and I can detect pretty much any kind of energy you can think of," Bridge nods.

That definitely caught his attention. "People here don't seem capable of picking up on energy. Where are you from?"

"Newtech City, California. Fifteen years into the future, though, so it doesn't actually exist yet."

Zuko wondered why he'd even bothered asking that question. "Can you manipulate the energy?"

"Depends on your definition of manipulate," Bridge says. "I can't, like, physically touch someone's aura. But in a fight? I can see someone move a few seconds before they actually will, and can counter it accordingly."

"Energy can tell you that?" Zuko looked confused. He'd never been able to foresee someone's moves. That seemed unfair.

Bridge nods. "The future exists as... potential energy? I'm not sure if I'm explaining that very well."

"I suppose," Zuko didn't sound all too convinced, though.

"You don't sound convinced," Bridge says dryly.

Zuko shrugged. "I can sense the energy around me. It's never allowed me to predict what someone is going to do."

"Maybe you can, but you just don't know you can," Bridge says. "Do you actually *see* it, or do you just feel that the energy is there?"

"I sense it," Zuko replied. "I can manipulate it to some extent."

"I wonder what that'd look like, when you're manipulating it?" Bridge says contemplatively.

Zuko shrugged again. "I don't know." He was so helpful.

"I think we should try it and see!" Bridge bounces in his seat a little.

The bouncing was a little bit disturbing and reminded him of that Blair kid. "Do you need to do anything special to see it?" Zuko asked.

"Just take off a glove," Bridge says, holding up a hand and wiggling his fingers.

"Okay," Zuko gave Bridge a sceptical look. "Do it."

"Okay, ready." Bridge says, taking off a glove and holding one hand up towards Zuko, focusing on the other boy's aura.

Zuko wasn't entirely sure how Bridge was doing the reading with his hands, but he was too curious not to give it a go. Taking a deep breath, he created a flame in the palm of his hand. He doubted the principal would appreciate it if he created a fireball in the library. Or set off the sprinklers for that matter.

Bridge watches, fascinated as he follows the path of the tiny tendril of energy through Zuko's body and out into his palm where it became the flame. "I can see it!" he reports.

"What does it look like?" Zuko asked curiously. "I can only sense the energy."

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