It takes him a couple years, poor kid. Toph's been through puberty (frightening thought all by itself). Ty Lee, is a wonderful crazy person, and Azula's soft touch girl... Which backfires on a regular basis, lol.

Also, Aang is so not patient in canon, and this escape takes loads of patience. I'm packing the stress on him, and he still really really really doesn't want anybody to die. *pats him* awww.

Ah, but you see, he is her secretary, and she gives him all kinds of wonderful hell, and yes, it's Awesome, and when she joins the aged up gaang, Zuko's going to run into them and just boggle.