I choose both! Zuko rescues Aang but is too injured to pull it off without eventually resorting to his firebending, thus revealing his secret identity and sending everything to hell in a handbasket.
Sokka: "...I think it might be frog-induced hallucinations, but I see a dead Zuko on the floor." Aang: "You should check your eyes, Sokka--" Sokka: *sighs in relief* "Tasty frog, though." Aang: "--because Zuko's just asleep."
Re: Ozai doesn’t allow the Dragon of the West to join Zuko in exile Pt. 3/3
Date: 2010-10-12 12:55 am (UTC)Sokka: "...I think it might be frog-induced hallucinations, but I see a dead Zuko on the floor."
Aang: "You should check your eyes, Sokka--"
Sokka: *sighs in relief* "Tasty frog, though."
Aang: "--because Zuko's just asleep."