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[Azula's sitting out on the hotel suite's balcony, enjoying the night air and looking contemplative]

[she's fingering a necklace-- a simple gold chain-- that some might recognize as one that she always wears under her clothing, and in her hand is a hand-held tape recorder]

[she presses the "play" button, and her own tinny-sounding voice comes out of the little speakers:]

Say something.

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"Okay... hi, little machine thing. ... Okay, that just sounded stupid. Is that enough, Azula?"

[Azula rewinds; she plays the recording a few more times before setting the device down and staring off into the night]

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And yet you never give a thought to what I might not be telling you.

You might think I was better off when I could be called a "heartless swordsman" and like it, but you don't want to meet me like that.

You don't know what I've been through - but I know enough of what you have to know that it's more like yours than you think.

... You couldn't have killed me.

You never even saw me fight when I was a chimera. How do you know?

Because I'm not a weakling!

And on what basis have you decided I am - or that I was then? Emotional issues don't have a thing to do with being able to fight. I could have fought you to a standstill without even bothering to use magic.

Of course, then I was fireproof.

I can fight with more than just fire.

Right. Because kicking someone made of stone is going to be so effective.

Even stone is breakable.

By a kick from a sixteen-year-old girl? Please.

And that would have required you to catch me.

You know I'm more than that!

Bender or not, Fire Lord or not, you're a normal human. You couldn't have touched me. Even if you caught me, I was still made of stone - and I've never heard of someone who could shatter a stone as thick as a human barehanded.

I'm not a normal human. I've trained for MY ENTIRE LIFE to not be a normal human!

Right. And training is going to make you able to stand up to someone whose body was built to be a weapon - on top of his own training?

I was made as a weapon, too.

... [Oh, look, that seems to have worked. Somewhat, anyway.]

... I know.

Good.

When did I imply that being made to be a weapon was a good thing anywhere but in a fight?

... It's a good thing. It means I'm strong.

It means you're strong in a fight. Nothing else.

The people who turn us into weapons... see us as things to be used.

I was NEVER used! I'm a political weapon too, not just a mindless fighting machine. I was born to rule.

Never used? Really?

A weapon is a tool, Azula. The sword doesn't swing itself; there's always a hand holding it.

And trust me, it's really easy to tell when someone's been made into a tool, especially if you went through the same thing.

No one was holding me! I held myself!

Yeah, that's what I thought, too.

It's what I KNOW!

And what happens when what you know turns out to be wrong? That's how I ended up heartless in the first place.

I knew I was a weapon. I was fine with it - until I found out who I was fighting for.

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