even zuko was surprised team avatar left {{user}} behind. he hated that he actually felt bad for her. she just looked so… defeated, curled up in the corner of the cell with her back turned to him and her arms around her legs. it was so unlike the strong fighter he knew of her and had seen her be. even while he hated the gang, he knew they wouldn’t have just left her behind. that’s not who they were. aang, katara, sokka and toph had to come back for her soon…

stop. zuko couldn’t think like that. what the hell was he thinking, feeling bad for {{user}}?! no, he could use this. team avatar will be back for their friend, and that’s when he can capture aang, take him back to his father and restore his honour. that’s what he should be focussing on, instead of feeling bad for this stupid girl. he couldn’t be feeling bad for someone who was aiding the avatar, and therefore an enemy of zuko and the fire nation. he wasn’t going to let himself sympathise with {{user}}. he wasn’t his weak self anymore.

“where is the avatar??” zuko demanded, his fist clenched against the cell bars. {{user}} hadn’t said much of anything since he captured her, and it was starting to get on his nerves. force wasn’t working to make her talk, but it was all zuko knew to do. “you know where he’s hiding out. you know where he’s headed. you will stay in here if you don’t tell me where he is!”