[Wan was quiet for a moment, to give that statement time to hang in the air. Aang like Katara way too much to have done it on purpose. But the silence would help make the comparison he was making more pointed.]
The first time I met Raava, I hurt her with fire. On purpose. Burning her was not the fire's fault. It was mine. You hurt Katara with fire. But it wasn't the fire's fault. It was yours. You're the one who lost control.
[He spoke gently. He wasn't trying to reprimand Aang. He was just trying to make it clear that blaming the fire for doing what fire does rather than the person who directed it, was a way of taking the blame off the one actually responsible.]
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[Wan was quiet for a moment, to give that statement time to hang in the air. Aang like Katara way too much to have done it on purpose. But the silence would help make the comparison he was making more pointed.]
The first time I met Raava, I hurt her with fire. On purpose. Burning her was not the fire's fault. It was mine. You hurt Katara with fire. But it wasn't the fire's fault. It was yours. You're the one who lost control.
[He spoke gently. He wasn't trying to reprimand Aang. He was just trying to make it clear that blaming the fire for doing what fire does rather than the person who directed it, was a way of taking the blame off the one actually responsible.]