[ He says matter-of-factly, as if that hadn't been his plan to begin with... He moves some beauty products he'd set up on the closed toilet seat to the ground so he can sit there rather stiffly, glancing about the room. He can't help his eyes eventually linger on Azula from head to toe, though, standing before him playing with the milky white water. There's something seemingly very soft about her in this moment, watching her fingertips drift over the water, the candlelight dancing across her form, in this odd moment of Zuko's vulnerability more than hers. Zuko doesn't understand her. And he's realized that. That's so much part of what's prompted all of this. He understands himself and extends that empathy, knowing he likes to be alone to relax... but he's learning to expand that point of reference, even if it's still somewhat limited to Azula and Iroh as it's always been. Since being spirited away, though, he's gained a lot of new perspectives. But only in this past week or two, since registering Aang's big reveal, he's started to truly try to consider Azula's perspective another way. He may not be good at it yet but... obviously, he's trying. ]
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[ He says matter-of-factly, as if that hadn't been his plan to begin with... He moves some beauty products he'd set up on the closed toilet seat to the ground so he can sit there rather stiffly, glancing about the room. He can't help his eyes eventually linger on Azula from head to toe, though, standing before him playing with the milky white water. There's something seemingly very soft about her in this moment, watching her fingertips drift over the water, the candlelight dancing across her form, in this odd moment of Zuko's vulnerability more than hers. Zuko doesn't understand her. And he's realized that. That's so much part of what's prompted all of this. He understands himself and extends that empathy, knowing he likes to be alone to relax... but he's learning to expand that point of reference, even if it's still somewhat limited to Azula and Iroh as it's always been. Since being spirited away, though, he's gained a lot of new perspectives. But only in this past week or two, since registering Aang's big reveal, he's started to truly try to consider Azula's perspective another way. He may not be good at it yet but... obviously, he's trying. ]