Lord Zuko doesn't seem to mind his negative reaction to fire being similar to his initial reaction to the dragon. Actions speak louder than words, and hopefully Zuko can prove to him, as he has proved to many others, that fire isn't necessarily evil and dangerous.

"No, it isn't. What I need to find out is how it got here in the first place, and then how it can be removed." But those are problems he won't place on this child, least of all when he's only just arrived here. "Henry, I suppose you arrived here without your parents or guardians? Do you have a place to stay?"