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Do you think that there's such a thing as a power that is wrong, not because of how it's used, but just because of what it does?

[After staying holed up in her room with the door shut - quite an unusual break of habit for her - Katara decides to head into town. She wants to check out that night club that she'd heard about - she heard there would be music!

From there it's the usual errands, like the grocery store and the Item Shop. Dinner tonight will be Something Spicy, but she hasn't figured out what yet. Maybe it'll help get Sokka out of his funk.]

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I was wondering if you were. Is that that hard a dish to make?

[Frowny face.]

Would you like to try and find out?

[She is in full-on 'not gonna budge' mode right now.]

I'm sure I'll figure that out when I taste it.

Your royal tastebuds can discern the difference between a hard or an easy dish?

[It's meant to be teasing, but if it has some sting in it, it's as a result of Katara really enjoying being interrogated.]

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[... He's not even sure what to make of that.]

If it'd inedible, it was obviously hard.

[Her eyebrows shoot up.]

Are you insinuating that I can't make a difficult meal?

Well, if you had to spend hours studying...

I-- [he has a point]

[Muted glare.] I never said I was studying one recipe the whole time.

[................. oh.]

... Oh.

Oh. [She stirs the stir fry rather viciously.] Why the sudden interrogation?

[This is not the voice of a guilty conscience. Nonsense.]

[What'd that stir fry ever to do you?]

Because you don't usually disappear for a whole day?

We're all busy during the day, Zuko. [8| x forever]

And today was... a really long day, so I'd appreciate it if you'd just drop it, all right?

[Zuko holds up his hands.] Fine. Dropped. [Yeesh.] I'll set the table.

Thanks. [So she just lets him do that in relative silence until:]

What do you think about fire?

[That's a strange question. Zuko stills, plates in hand, and stares at her for a second.]

Uh. What do I think about fire? [Uhm. Fire Nation here.]

[She nods.] Yeah.

[She has mercy on him and tries to clarify.] I mean, in the South Pole, fire was something that we valued... but it was also something we knew had incredible destructive potential.

[She will not let herself say 'fear.']

And for a long time, all I was able to associate fire or the Fire Nation with was the enemy. I know that fire and the Fire Nation aren't the same thing, but... you've got to think something about it.

[He's silent for a moment; it isn't hard to make the connections and at least know that, for her, fire comes with Bad Things. But for him... ]

Fire's life. [He shrugs.] Will. Determination. I used to think it was anger, but it's not: it's about balance.

What do you mean?

I mean that fire isn't just about anger or just passion. Not just a destroyer and not just life. Fire is balance between them all; there's no way a firebender can ever reach his or her potential without figuring that out.

Mmm. [She flips the meat in the pan and the sizzling sound makes her wince.]

I can see how that would be hard to realize.

[Why is there wincing? Did she burn the meat? Doesn't smell like it.]

Uncle nearly had to beat it into me.

You're lucky. I think that your nation would have been a lot better off if more of you had learned that.

[He shrugs.] Probably. Not everyone's like that, though. Just all the wrong people.

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