[ he appreciates that about her, too — she allows this to remain unspoken when he doesn't want to talk about them, and respects his right to privacy. aang pries, whether he realizes he is or not. he pried about the dragons, he pried about why he did things as the blue spirit instead of owning his actions with a face that wasn't obscured by a mask. and he shied away from more violent confrontations, even though he was in the midst of a war.

there were times when zuko wondered if aang would really be the one to bring ozai down, or if one of them would have to step up to the plate and do it because the airbender refused to. ]

I'm not them. I get it. [ he steps back up to her, daring to touch her again by reaching for her hand. ] You're only human. You've lost a lot and had to give up a lot more in order to help Aang.