Loo cries a little harder and hides her face in Steph's shirt, and Hana scrunches up tiny fists and screams angrily.

"They're just really confused," Steph says, adjusting Loo so she can pick Hana up too. "They know you're not their Dad, but they don't understand why you're just the same as him. And they miss him."

And Zuko just isn't him.

"... I should probably take them inside, I don't think they've had their naps yet." Also, crying babies summon Moms like magic, and Steph thinks Zuko probably needs some time to deal before he talks to her.