While Zuko attends to his business, Katara has a few meetings of her own to deal with. And while she doesn't have the stress of dealing with politics (at least, not yet), the discussions she has are no less difficult and painful.

The most difficult talk had been with Aang, of course. Whatever their relationship was, or is, or might have been had effectively come to a halt. And while he had understood eventually - as long as that had taken to reason with him - it had still hurt them both more than Katara thought it would.

But what's done is done. Now there's nothing left but to finalize the decision, as she's lead to where Zuko is waiting for her.