Disclaimer: Avatar the Last Airbender copyright Dante Dimartino, Brian Konietzko and Nickelodeon Studios.


"You're very well informed considering your…accommodations."

"I listen."

Katara didn't miss the implication.

Azula eyed Katara critically. "ZuZu named you his heir; allowed you to join the great house of Azulon. Like all of Azulon's decedents, you have a duty to protect your family's honor."

She continued, ignoring Katara's protests. "The council didn't challenge father because he's strong. You are not. They will break you waterbender. Crush them before they can."

Azula paused, assessing Katara. "You cannot bend fire, but you do have the spirit of a firebender." Her eyes turned cruel. "Drown them, Katara, like you did me."


Author's Note: This is Azula talking to Katara, not Koh (but he is listening as stated in the previous chapter). She's telling Katara to defeat the nobles; to be strong. Same thing Mai and Iroh have been telling Katara.

This line: "Drown them like you did me." Azula's referencing her defeat at Katara's hand. She's telling Katara to use her waterbending to defeat and humiliate the nobles, to extinguish their fire like Katara did to Azula.