While he didn't respond to the observation about some of the travelers they had both shared that strange carriage ride with, Zuko cocked his head when Xue Yang brought up the idea of just taking the food.

"Steal?" He wasn't desperate enough to start robbing anyone for anything he needed. However, if it turned out that the person with the food was handing out scraps while living well in private, he would be easily persuaded to approach the problem from a more covert, underhanded angle. Zuko shook his head slightly. "Do what you want, but I'm going to try asking first."

Besides, it wasn't dark enough to try and steal anything.