[... Easy. The very idea that 'easy' was relevant rubs her wrong. It feels like an insult.]
It wasn't really him.
[The admission brings back a flood of relevant memories. The day he left for the Earth kingdom. Their brief conversation in the Capital prison. The nightmare about losing her bending.
Seeing him on the battlefield outside Reverein. The confrontation with Zuko. The choice she'd made. The way he had-]
He was an agent of the Story Eater. I should have known-
[You knew, she thinks bitterly. You knew what he was. Liar. Monster. She lets out a sigh, and her normally composed posture seems to sag as her gaze falls.]
no subject
It wasn't really him.
[The admission brings back a flood of relevant memories. The day he left for the Earth kingdom. Their brief conversation in the Capital prison. The nightmare about losing her bending.
Seeing him on the battlefield outside Reverein. The confrontation with Zuko. The choice she'd made. The way he had-]
He was an agent of the Story Eater. I should have known-
[You knew, she thinks bitterly. You knew what he was. Liar. Monster. She lets out a sigh, and her normally composed posture seems to sag as her gaze falls.]
Anyway. I'm... sorry.