That caught her interest and she arched an eyebrow.

"Is that so? I've always been told I had "exotic" features." She made air quotes with her fingers and looked mildly put off to express how that usually made her feel. "Honestly it sounds like a word reserved for erotic dancers." Back in the day before her break down there had been a few men who had come courting her and the moment they had used that phrase for whatever reason it had always caused Azula to lose any respect she might have had for them.

And she respected almost no one back then.

"I suppose if I were to consider it, I have more faith in the younger generation overtaking the old. And so in that sense yes I believe we collectively will overtake. Aside from age putting them ever closer to being useless some old fashioned ideas simply don't work anymore no matter how hard they try to maintain a status quo."

It was a fine line between unfounded optimism and an overabundance of self confidence.

"I should like to see you rise beyond what you think is your full potential before you burn out in either respect."