She refilled her own, offering to do the same for Azula.
"Because whatever ideals I supported, in the end I did it all out of fear. Fear of being vulnerable. Which I applied to the my nation, but in truth - I just kept doing worse and worse things. Sacrificed people. Sacrificed relationships. And it never helped. There was just the next challenge, the next thing to control. By the end, I was willing to sacrifice the man I loved for the greater cause."
If anything, that was the first time something like sadness appeared on her face.
"It's ironic, I suppose. In trying to build the future, I destroyed my own. And I was still as alone as I was when I started."
no subject
"Because whatever ideals I supported, in the end I did it all out of fear. Fear of being vulnerable. Which I applied to the my nation, but in truth - I just kept doing worse and worse things. Sacrificed people. Sacrificed relationships. And it never helped. There was just the next challenge, the next thing to control. By the end, I was willing to sacrifice the man I loved for the greater cause."
If anything, that was the first time something like sadness appeared on her face.
"It's ironic, I suppose. In trying to build the future, I destroyed my own. And I was still as alone as I was when I started."