[Either way, she's not good at letting go, either; and her refusal to move on has caused more problems than she'd care to admit. She's thinking about them all over again, but for some reason...she's smiling about it.

It's faint, and hard to see since it's dark, but it's comforting--at least to her.

And she draws in a breath, finally speaking.]

Now that you mention it, I guess I never really did ask what your duty was... I mean, besides ruling this "Fire Nation" place.

[There's more to it than that, isn't there?

...She asks a bit hesitantly, since he's obviously really emotional at the moment and she hardly wants to set him off more. She wouldn't know how to deal with that.

But she is curious.]