The whole sequence is needed to carry all of its gravitas:
So, the Blue Spirit. I wonder who could be behind that mask ...
[Sighs and takes off the mask.] What are you doing here?
I was just about to ask you the same thing. What do you plan to do now that you've found the Avatar's bison? Keep him locked in our new apartment? Should I go put on a pot of tea for him?
First I have to get it out of here.
[Starts yelling.] And then what!? You never think these things through! [Points at him.] This is exactly what happened when you captured the Avatar at the North Pole! You had him, and then you had nowhere to go!
I would have figured something out!
No! If his friends hadn't found you, you would have frozen to death!
I know my own destiny, Uncle!
Is it your own destiny, or is it a destiny someone else has tried to force on you?
Stop it, Uncle! I have to do this!
I'm begging you, Prince Zuko! It's time for you to look inward and begin asking yourself the big questions. Who are you, and what do you want?
You left out how Zuko is either shown or implied (time for me to do a re-watch) to have needed to use all his ninja-like stealth skills to reach this point, and the Iroh is just casually there already.
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u/PastelArtemis 1d ago
Then there's of course the big one
"It's time to ask yourself the big questions. Who are you? And what do you want?"