[Katara nods.] Yeah, he did. We didn't think much of it then... [that was before we knew...] but there are plenty of Fire Nation commanders who wouldn't have. We couldn't stop him.

[And her free hand clenches into a fist.] Even if it was just to keep us busy so we couldn't go after him - which we did, Sokka and I. Appa had recovered enough by then to fly after them, and by the time we got there, Aang had already broken out of their hold - we were just his ride out of there.

After that, we set off to the North Pole. Zuko followed us every step of the way - he caught up with us a bunch of times too. Each time... wasn't good. Most of the time we barely managed to get away.