[Because he's been thinking about this for a while now, he's going to ask around to get a little more information before coming to a decision.]

The deities-- do they do anything else besides curse us and keep us trapped here?

...It's not fair. Why?

[And this is what happens when someone's mother who, for Zuko, has been MIA since he was ten years old and ends up being a visitor on the so-called Visitor's Day.]