"You're right about one thing," Mai replied icily, "I don't trust you to handle this, considering the wonderful job you've been doing so far. Azula only plays by the rules until she gets a chance to get what she wants. She's manipulative. And right now? She's insane. You can tell me I'm 'too close' to this when it's you and the one you care about on the line to get turned into human torches. I don't care how cautious you think you're being. I don't care how many restrictions you have on her. If she's not locked up, she'll use an opportunity to get to Zuko and I."

She folded her hands into her sleeves, knives finally vanishing. "So, yeah. Lock her up. This whole, 'Well, we can't judge people,' thing is stupid. If enough people say someone is an active threat to the crew or members of the crew? Yeah, I'd expect you to listen. But I guess that's asking a little too much of your intelligence, isn't it?"

She turned on her heel. "You're not going to listen, so I'm not going to waste anymore time. Like I said, if you people don't take care of it, I will."

A beat. "Avatar Aang? Get it through their heads. They think they're doing her some sort of kindness. They're not."