Brat.

She's well within her rights to not enjoy the hot leaf juice.

Iroh clearly hasn't educated her properly then.

Apparently.

She'll work on it over time. 

Fiiine.

But first: debriefing.

Right.

Well, at least she doesn't have to drink the tea if she's talking.

Though she might not like the talking either. 

"Niece... You seemed under the impression that just asking the Avatar to come in quietly, and for her allies to allow you to take her, would work instead of making them angrier - that Waterbender especially was getting more powerful the more upset she got."

"They wouldn't have to fight, if they surrendered."

"Why would they surrender?"

"Because-" it's the right thing to do "They were outnumbered."

"What would happen if they did surrender?"

"I would take the Avatar back to the ship, and let the other two go."

"And what would happen to the Avatar then?"

"I would... take her back to the Fire Nation?"

"And what would happen to her in the Fire Nation?"

"I... don't know."

"...She would be publically executed. And then the men would be questioned, and the Fire Lord would learn about that waterbender. He might not reprimand you for letting her live, if you'd come home with the greater prize, but he'd certainly order increased raids on what few villages remain, to root out any potential waterbenders. We'd thought we'd killed them all, but at her age - there must have been some child we'd missed during the most recent full war. The Fire Lord might even order the total extermination of the Water Tribe, either before or after he executes the Avatar - I'm unsure if he intends to break the cycle entirely, to force the Avatar cycle to pass to Fire, or some other plan. Regardless, he'd consider it an unacceptable outcome for the next Avatar to be someone like that girl."

"If anyone in that group surrenders, it will only be under duress, and even then it would be false. And they have no reason to believe any claims you make of mercy, because the Fire Lord has none."

"That's not right."

"What do you mean?"

"We're better than that. The Fire Nation."

"We- should have honor."

Bitterly: "My brother would say that honor doesn't win wars."

Zuko flinches, instinctively twitching to hide the scarred side of her face.