Apart from being an out-of-band say-hey to a particular reader, that's pretty much the case inside the story as well. Once the guy said it that way, Azula was more or less obligated to phrase her reply thus, even though she didn't consciously remember at the time that she was paraphrasing Veronica's favorite pre-War movie.

--G.
in fairness, the selection of pre-War movies available was... small
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