[He just waves a hand.] Yeah, we'll keep them safe, too. Trust me. We're doing what we can. [Selfishly, maybe, he's a little more concerned about the shardbearers than the natives but he's also just unsettled at the idea of anyone dying. Nobody asked for this. The only thing left was making sure they got out of it.

It's clear that Zuko has a stronger connection with them though and if that's what he wants to do, Hiro can't exactly stop him. Maybe they need these kind of people on their side to balance everything.]

It never hurts to ask…and maybe I can ask them some things, too? I mean I'm not entirely sure where Azure is but it can't be too hard, right? If we have an idea of what they know and the right questions to ask maybe we can figure out a better strategy.

[This world's too complicated. Hiro's still learning that he doesn't know everything and it frustrates him to no end, but he's also learning how to ask the right questions for the right situations. It's progress.]

We will. We'll take care of them, too. [It's a big job. But…it's what Tadashi would have done, isn't it? He shakes his head suddenly and at Zuko's last question he narrows his eyes a bit.] Machines definitely are capable of having feelings. I don't know if these ones do though. Didn't get close enough to ask, so we should probably assume not.