[Gokudera looks up at Zuko's words and his pupils are abnormally large, his body unmoving as he listens, and takes what he says to heart. To Zuko, he is not disgusting, but... what would the Tenth think?

He'd understand, right? Because he's family. Gokudera can't shake his shame and looks back down, trying to get his breathing under control, which is suddenly very difficult. He closes his eyes.]

There was one thing I could do to be able to keep an eye out for the Tenth. [So naturally, he took that opportunity.]

I had to sell myself as property to an Elite who could take care of me. One person took me in, just to keep me well... but...

[He shifts. Thinking about his first owner makes him uncomfortable. How he was treated makes him uncomfortable. His entire time in that world he hadn't felt so much like property as he had then.]

it didn't last. My last owner had this put on me. [He touches at his collar.] To track me and secure my place in that world, so I wouldn't have to live far from where the Tenth could be.

[There's a lot less panic in his voice. Now it's just fatigue.]

And then he left. [He sighs. People he loves always leave, it seems.]

After a while, so did I. And that world I went on, Anchor... I died on it, and then I got engaged... and now I'm here.

[So now there's just more guilt. He has left behind a bunch of people, and what's worse... someone he loved.]