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[Avatar the Last Airbender] What exactly was Zuko planning to do with Appa before Uncle Iroh stopped him in Ba Sing Se?
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Presenting him to the Firelord to, relatively, get back in his good graces. The Fire Nation assumed that the only sky bison left would belong to the avatar, so they would hold Appa hostage and use him as bait to lure Aang inti a trap.