[X] With frustration. In the end, everything always turns out for Zuko. Mother saves his life, Iroh holds his hand, and he hardly has to turn his back on your Father for a month to see him fall. You have bent your entire life to perfection—to the only way there ever was to win—and all it's given you is nine days, after nine days, after nine days. Why is he born lucky, while these days you sometimes find yourself wondering if you were unlucky to be born? Why? Why?
[X] With curiosity. Just this once, you'll hear Zuko out. Suppose your Father loses. Suppose you relinquish your throne. What does he plan to do? Where will he take the Fire Nation from here? How will he handle the fact that the war is almost won? What will he do with the soldiers, the factories, the fleets? How will the history books describe the reign of Fire Lord Zuko? And how will he react, when he realises he doesn't know?
[X] With ennui. It always seems to end this way. You meet Zuko on the day of the Comet, and never see the day after. It feels like you've spent your whole lives chasing after each other's shadows, and everyone who ever mattered to either of you apparently made sure to encourage it. How many times have you killed him? How many times has he killed you? If there's a point to it, you've long lost it in these endless cycles. So why is he here?
[X] With frustration. In the end, everything always turns out for Zuko. Mother saves his life, Iroh holds his hand, and he hardly has to turn his back on your Father for a month to see him fall. You have bent your entire life to perfection—to the only way there ever was to win—and all it's given you is nine days, after nine days, after nine days. Why is he born lucky, while these days you sometimes find yourself wondering if you were unlucky to be born? Why?
[X] With curiosity. Just this once, you'll hear Zuko out. Suppose your Father loses. Suppose you relinquish your throne. What does he plan to do? Where will he take the Fire Nation from here? How will he handle the fact that the war is almost won? What will he do with the soldiers, the factories, the fleets? How will the history books describe the reign of Fire Lord Zuko? And how will he react, when he realizes he doesn't know?