You're a fool.

You seem to have this misguided belief that I need you now- and that simply isn't true. You underestimate my own abilities- really, the only information I am interested in at this point is his location, and even that is really only for convenience's sake- once Sozin's Comet arrives and our powers increase tenfold, we will be unstoppable, Avatar or no. Having him out of the way beforehand would be nice, but it is by no means a necessity.