Are you really just being obtuse now? Steven's mother - all of her surviving friends - they were fighters. Warriors, diplomats, spies. Perfect for the purposes I need them for.

[At the second response, Azula stands, a maddening gleam in her eye.]

You're right. What I did to her? I didn't make it quick. And I'm sure right now you want so badly to wipe the smile off of my face. Your body language is so obvious you might as well be telegraphing it from Sozin's Comet.

However, I think you'll find there are a few people who might...take issue with that.

Upupupu, this is going to be awesome~!

[She looks left, then right, at the masked figures sitting still as stone around her, then motioned to them.]

They will do whatever I ask them to. They respond only to my commands. And they will have no compunction about stopping you from even getting on this platform.

[Motioning up.]

Stand.

[On cue, in unison, the figures uncross their legs and stand. They are all of various heights and shape. All of them masked. All of them simply staring. At what? Sokka? The wall? Who knows?]

Say what you will about my reading selections, but they've served me very well with my wand.

[The fairy looks ready to just explode.]