“Listen, there was no need to lie to Toph because I didn't tell her anything. Even now, I only say things that are true when she's around—that you're recovering, that it's best if they give you space, stuff like that. The virus story? I waited until I could catch the guys alone and told them about it. They're the ones who spoke to Toph…”
“...and because they believed your excuse, she couldn't sense any lie,” Katara finishes his trail of thought. Eyes narrowed, she stares at Zuko as though discovering a new edge of him. “That's...strangely devious of you, Zuko.”
Pride flutters within his chest.
Comfort and pain mix in The Block's second chapter: Hurt For Me (read here!). This is the healing, the care, and the embers of what's to come.