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when kidnapping Kiyi one of Azula's henchwomen notes, "the sedative wore off early on this one" (smoke and Shadow pg 157) This implies Azula and Co. were drugging all the kids, to make the kidnappings go smoothly. The sedative would need to meet a few criteria, as the window of time Azula and Co. had to grab the kids was small, I can't imagine they were waiting for the kids to eat/drink drugged food. And drugging the food/drink beforehand would require another visit which would increase chances of being caught. Also the kids would cry out for help if the sedative was not fast acting.

What I find interesting is Azula and Co. know how to properly dose and administer sedatives. Children have smaller bodies so the dosing of medicine has a much smaller margin for error then adults. These fact does begs some interesting questions. Did the Mental Institute use sedatives? That would explain Azula and Co. skill in dosing sedatives. Maybe the Royal Academy for girls has a great medical training program. thoughts?

Mai's dad blow the his money on building a bunker for Azula (this is stated in Smoke and Shadow). Now he is in jail and thus can't work a cushy job. Mai and her family have a problem, they are Nobles, they have a reputation to uphold. The Mom is working a trade, which suggest she holds no Title, but married up. Mai takes a respectable job of being a teacher at a elite school. They could sale the nice house, but that would be a very public indicator of money trouble. It seems to me that the writers have placed Mai and her family into genteel poverty. I wonder if the writers will revisit Mai's genteel poverty.

In Azula in the Spirit Temple, she is shown a dream/vision of her perfect world, everybody in her family praises her and her mom is proud of her, and Zuko bares no scar. Those all made sense, they address things we know Azula cares about.

The weird one is the Teen saying, "your hair is amazing and you smell great!" the hair comment makes sense, but the 2nd part of the comment makes little sense to me.

if its supposed to be a symbol of Azula's desire to be admired, wouldn't he say something like, your hair is amazing and you are pretty/beautiful. Smell is such an odd thing to focus a compliment on IMO.

Makes one wonder why her smell is what the writer chose? Others have made a similar comment, So I am not the only one that finds that odd/funny.