[ zuko cards his hand through his hair. he'd been so hellbent for years to achieve his destiny, to find his honour and restore it. it's been his perception of the world for so long it's hard for him to even think perhaps he isn't destined for anything great, other than being himself. ]

[ azula knowing something zuko doesn't is a power his sister will wield, a weapon she will use against him when she thinks she needs to. it's how it's always been for the two of them, fighting blue fire against red. ]

I don't know, Katsa. [ he breathes it out. ] Azula and I ... We're not ... Her knowing something I don't — she's going to use it against me. It's how she is! She's always been using the things she knows to get to me. [ father wants to kill you. we find mother. azula knows how to twist zuko into a knot not even he can untie, and he doesn't trust her, despite wanting to. ]

Toph told me I find my mother. Azula tells me something Mother did that can't be true! I don't know if I can trust her.