Zuko huffs a little as Slade finally backs down a bit. He then shakes his head.

"No, I was alone at the time."

Not really true, he had been walking and talking with his mother, but the last thing he wants is for this guy to find and harass her too. Sure his friends had been with him in the town, but they hadn't been near each other at he time. But he doesn't need to know that either.