She settles the tray between them, shrugging her shoulders before pouring the tea. First for Azula, then herself. One thing to be said for the city, it does brew a brilliant cup of tea.

"A former brutal ruler of the Earth Kingdom meeting with the equally brutal former ruler of the Earth Empire? I can't imagine why," she replied. "They worry you'll bring me back into bad ways. I can't blame them for that. The old days are never as far away as we'd want. But I've taken responsibility for my crimes. It's all I can do, unfortunately, for the terrible acts I committed. The lives I took."

She pauses, letting that sink in with Azula.

"It's what you'll have to do, before the end. The hard path."