[She was being cautious for Sylar indicators, but what he's talking about just sounds like what you'd hear about from any soldier who'd been through a bad war -- just following orders. It was an excuse she'd given her dad more times than she could count, so she lets out a little sigh of relief. No killing. The rest was excusable.]
Zuko, back home? My dad spent twenty years hunting people like me and locking them away because they were "too dangerous." Yeah, he was mislead, but he knows it was a mistake now and I've forgiven him [mostly] for it. That's what's important.
You feel guilty for it, and you know it wasn't right, don't you? You would never let something like that happen again? Then, you're a good person now, even if you may have missed the mark when those things were happening.
[a pause] When I say "my dad" I don't mean Nathan. Nathan didn't -- [well, okay, he did.] spend years personally hunting people like me. [Great recovery, Claire.] I was adopted, Nathan's my real dad, it was my adoptive father that did that stuff. Um. Sorry, I know you don't really like Nathan so I just ... wanted to make sure you didn't ... think worse of him?
[voice] /tldr
Zuko, back home? My dad spent twenty years hunting people like me and locking them away because they were "too dangerous." Yeah, he was mislead, but he knows it was a mistake now and I've forgiven him [mostly] for it. That's what's important.
You feel guilty for it, and you know it wasn't right, don't you? You would never let something like that happen again? Then, you're a good person now, even if you may have missed the mark when those things were happening.
[a pause] When I say "my dad" I don't mean Nathan. Nathan didn't -- [well, okay, he did.] spend years personally hunting people like me. [Great recovery, Claire.] I was adopted, Nathan's my real dad, it was my adoptive father that did that stuff. Um. Sorry, I know you don't really like Nathan so I just ... wanted to make sure you didn't ... think worse of him?