For a moment, she considered whether or not to tell her, but then opted for the truth. Or at least part of it.
"Medical and scientific experimentation. I am a scientist. I enjoy scientific exploration and causing suffering in others. Sentient experimentation affords me both pleasures."
Those same calculating eyes turned on Azula.
"Before you ask or even wonder, I do not intend to betray you and turn you into a subject. Your powers, to all appearances, are spiritually based and while I intend to study some magic users, there is little I can do to understand how your physiology truly works in relation to your powers."
A slight smirk.
"That, and it would not be worth the fight. It's in my best interest to give you your payment and then the freedom to go wherever you please."
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Date: 2011-04-18 07:10 am (UTC)"Medical and scientific experimentation. I am a scientist. I enjoy scientific exploration and causing suffering in others. Sentient experimentation affords me both pleasures."
Those same calculating eyes turned on Azula.
"Before you ask or even wonder, I do not intend to betray you and turn you into a subject. Your powers, to all appearances, are spiritually based and while I intend to study some magic users, there is little I can do to understand how your physiology truly works in relation to your powers."
A slight smirk.
"That, and it would not be worth the fight. It's in my best interest to give you your payment and then the freedom to go wherever you please."