Sarcasm is an adjusted stress reaction.

Like I said to sqbr, I may in the future revise the ending, or at least tweak it a little, because I've had consistent feedback that the pacing was off.

But I am SO GLAD you liked the rest of it! Especially Azula, because this was my first time writing her properly, and I had so much back and forth with my friends -- "Do you think she has an organic mental illness, or was her breakdown more psychological? How can I stop this from being a depiction of the Magically Mentally Ill?" And so on.