[She reaches over, offering a hand around the girl's shoulder. She understands this pain: its the pain of many of her people, of the ones who lost loved ones in this war, of even her, who lost her mother.]

It does, for a long time. The Firenation is viewed as a place with thugs and murderers, and the people they terrorize at times become victims of their own anger and pain. I know, I've been there.

But Aang is not alone, I promise you that. We, my brother and I, look after him, and later there are others that join him in helping to bring peace to the world. It takes a long time to make things better, and there is pain on all our parts, but believe me, we never let Aang suffer alone. His pain is all of ours.