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Yes, there is - but that much I thought made sense? It's possible they're still trading with both sides, and just refusing to supply soldiers to either side like the Water Tribe did... and.

Did both Water Tribes help the Earth Kingdom, or was it just the South Pole's? Suppose they get there and they run up against militant neutrality, ie - 'You ruined it, you've got them thinking we're fighting them, die!! 'Cept you Avatar-boy, you we're handing over.' <<

Back to Kiyoshi, further to that making sense - I think I've seen this before? Village/country stays out of a war - by trading with both sides, and insisting they don't bring the fight to the neutral party's lands.

Or they could be geographically remote from the Earth Kingdom, so no direct trade with them, and they just tell the Fire Nation that 'hey, we'll trade with you - but we're not supplying soldiers!'

Or. And something's wrong here... because if there are places like Kiyoshi and the Fire Nation isn't conquering them... >.< It's not world domination if it's not the World! What, is Ozai planning to mop up all the little places once he's gotten Earth Kingdom? Because it's gamble, banking on newly captured resources to quell resistance with, nevermind I kinda doubt that just being conquered is going to stop all resistance in the Earth Kingdom.

XD Bad pun alert! If anyone's talents are suitable for an underground resistance >>

And now I'm wondering exactly what Zuko got exiled for? I mean, did he just shoot off his mouth too much, or did he try to do something, or? Ooooh I'm going to go insane when we find out. So so insane.

This is not the morning of trains-of-thought that go on straight tracks, nopenope. ^^