Sokka accepts a job for a fisherman who is looking for someone to help him out with his fishing. After the fisherman finds out Aang is the Avatar, Aang runs away in response to the fisherman's hostile reaction. When Katara finds Aang, he begins to reveal his life before he was frozen in the iceberg. Meanwhile, after Zuko gets into a fight with his crew, Iroh tells them about Zuko's complicated past, attempting to make both sides understand each other.

To better blend in as Fire Nation citizens, Aang enrolls in a Fire Nation school, giving himself an opportunity to learn more about the Nation and to enjoy life as a normal kid for the first time since he discovered he was the Avatar. Meanwhile Zuko, growing more and more paranoid about the Avatar's false demise, brings himself to confront the imprisoned Iroh.