"I'll stop the war, and when your sister and the other people hungry for power try to rise up in court, I'll stop them, just like I did for the Earth King," Aang said, starting to get angry under the calm of his voice. "If I stop the war and I have to fight the Earth Kingdom or the Water Tribes to protect your people, then I will."

A pause. "And I can stop your people without fighting a whole army or destroying another fleet. I have a way."

He wasn't going to tell Zuko what it was, of course.

But that was the beauty of the eclipse--all the Firebenders powerless so that he didn't need to hurt them to make it happen.

"I'm not a lie."

A coward, once, maybe.