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We spend so much time
hiding who we really are,
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making sure no one sees
the person we truly want to be.
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So it's hard to remember there was a time
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when we were truly excited
to show the world our true face.
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Very impressive.
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That uniform suits you well.
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Does it look right?
I had trouble with the shoulder guards.
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There. Perfect.
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- What... what is it?
- Nothing.
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Tell me.
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Your gauntlets are laced
incorrectly, but no one will notice.
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What? Help me fix it!
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I remember
my first war council meeting.
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They were smaller affairs back then.
More private.
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Ozai, however, seems to enjoy
having an audience.
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Father says
he welcomes different opinions.
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I'd advise against testing that.
Best to observe and learn for now.
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There.
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How do I look?
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Like a prince.
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Why are we off course?
Who changed the heading?
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- Lieutenant Jee, I asked you a question.
- We were given new orders.
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New orders? By who?
By me.
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We've been playing catch-up for too long.
I think it's time for a new strategy.
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You think?
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I am the one hunting the Avatar.
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I am in charge of this mission.
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I am the commander of this ship.
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And I
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am an admiral.
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Fire Lord Ozai saw fit to put me
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in charge of all operations
related to the capture of the Avatar.
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Of course I welcome your assistance.
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In fact, I expect it.
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I'll need
all the resources at my disposal,
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no matter how minimal.
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I'll come by later
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to discuss a few personnel changes
I'd like to make.
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Until then, carry on.
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What's happened?
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Lieutenant Jee,
resume our original course.
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Did you hear me?
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Resume course!
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Do you know
what the punishment for mutiny is?
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I do, and that's why
I can't do what you say.
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Admiral Zhao was very clear
with these orders
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and what would happen
if we didn't follow them.
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Are you seriously gonna let
this spineless slug tell us what to do?
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He doesn't know what's at stake!
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We can't let him come in and take it away.
Not after everything we've been through.
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For the last three years,
we've only had each other,
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and that's still true.
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Only those of us on this boat
know what it's been like.
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Zhao is not the one
who deserves your loyalty.
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Zuko is.
Loyalty?
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General, with all due respect, your nephew
doesn't know the meaning of the word.
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If he did, he would've shown us,
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the people who've been with him
night and day for three years,
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a lot more respect.
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Instead, we've had to put up
with his insults and abuse and tantrums.
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He doesn't care
what we've had to sacrifice,
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because he's never had
to sacrifice anything.
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If you ask anyone here,
they'll tell you, "He may be a prince,
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but he's not our prince."
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Sir.
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I know Zuko has his rough edges.
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But you must understand
he's been through a lot.
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And he knows far more about sacrifice
than you can ever know.
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Greetings, wise sages.
I'm glad to see you.
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Uh, my name is Aang, and I'm here
to visit the shrine of Avatar Roku.
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You see,
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I'm the Avatar.
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We know.
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Wait!
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You're supposed to be men of peace!
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After him!
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I'm a friend.
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This will take us
to Avatar Roku's shrine. Quickly.
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He must be close.
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Search everywhere!
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Whoa. Easy, girl.
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Caught a scent, have we?
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Okay, Nyla. Let's go.
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My name is Shyu.
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I believe the Avatar
represents not any one kingdom
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but the hope of a unified world.
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Sadly, the Great Sage
and the others believe
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the Fire Lord
is their true spiritual leader.
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They have lost their way.
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So all of this belonged to Roku?
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These are relics
from previous Avatars
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that my grandfather gathered
for safekeeping.
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I need to make contact
with Avatar Roku.
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He's the only one
who can tell me how to save my friends.
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I will hold them off for as long as I can.
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Step aside.
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Great Sage, this boy's the Avatar.
He is a hope for the world.
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Remember the teachings of Avatar Roku.
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Fire is not meant
to dominate the other elements.
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It should exist in balance with them.
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The only one who can provide balance
is Fire Lord Ozai.
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He will unify the world, not the Avatar.
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And you have no idea
how powerful he will soon become.
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Now, for the last time,
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step aside.
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I can't do that.
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Then you shall burn
along with the rest of the nonbelievers.
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Who dares disturb
the peace of the Avatar?
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Uh, it's me. Aang.
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Is it not customary
to bow before your elders?
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And to avert your eyes?
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And hop on one leg?
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Forgive me!
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I couldn't resist.
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It's good to see you, Aang,
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but what took you so long?
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I thought you would come
to seek my advice sooner.
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Avatar Kyoshi told me
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that I need to figure things out
on my own.
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That it was part of my journey.
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Sounds like her.
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Kyoshi has always been kind of...
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I thought you'd all be like that.
Aren't Avatars incarnations of each other?
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We share the same spark,
but we are our own people.
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I'm different from Kyoshi,
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just as you are different
from either of us.
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For instance, what did Kyoshi tell you
the role of the Avatar was?
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She said I need to be
a fierce, merciless warrior.
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Yes, there are times when the Avatar
must resort to force and intimidation,
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but in addition to being a warrior,
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the Avatar must also be a diplomat.
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So we can solve the world's problems
without hurting anyone?
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We can try,
but there are consequences if we fail.
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Painful... consequences.
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But like Kyoshi,
I am here to aid you in your journey.
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Anything you need.
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It has to do with Koh.
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Anything but that.
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- You don't understand--
- No, you don't understand.
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Koh is a predatory spirit
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who can hurt you in ways
you can't imagine.
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Just ask Avatar Kuruk.
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I don't have a choice,
and I'm running out of time.
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He's captured my friends,
and if I don't do something,
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they'll be lost forever.
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Please.
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I heard you defeated him once.
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No, I never defeated him.
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I only managed to take something from him.
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Perhaps you've come
to return what you stole from me.
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What did you take?
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A totem that represents something
that Koh needs and cannot forget.
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The pendant belonged
to the Mother of Faces,
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an ancient spirit
who crafted faces for all living beings.
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It's because of her
that identity came into this world.
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And she
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is Koh's mother.
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Koh longs for the same thing we all do.
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Family.
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A totem?
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Sounds like something
he'd be willing to trade for.
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Thank you, Roku.
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Aang!
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I hope that you're able
to save your friends.
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But the truth is,
for the Avatar, friends can be...
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a liability.
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The Avatar has to make
the impossible choices,
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placing the world's needs
ahead of your needs.
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On that, Kyoshi and I agree.
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Trust me.
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It'll save you and the ones you love
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a lot of pain.
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...a lot of pain.
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What happened to them?
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Paralyzed.
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Sh!
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Everything's gonna be fine.
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So you're the Avatar, huh?
Not sure what all the fuss is about.
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You need to let me go.
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No, really. You need to let me go.
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People are depending on me.
You don't know what's at stake.
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I've heard the stories
about how you're gonna save the world.
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Here's the thing.
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Some of us don't need saving.
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Some of us
have got this world figured out.
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You got your Firebenders
and your Earthbenders
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and your whatever-benders,
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and they all want something.
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They're all willing to fight to get it.
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So if you're smart, you just sit back
and wait for the dust to clear
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and then pick through broken pieces
for the leftovers.
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Far as I'm concerned,
world's just fine the way it is.
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Time's up, Avatar.
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You did it.
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You actually got him.
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Feel free to count it.
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I trust you. You know why?
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Because if there's any missing,
you'll come after us?
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Because you're so cute.
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Oh, and careful.
This one's got a lot of heat on him.
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A bunch of hunters
have been sniffing around.
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Folks not to be messed with.
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See you around, Avatar.
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Please just let me do what I have to do,
and I swear I'll come back.
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My friends are in danger,
and I'm the only one who can save them.
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If I don't return soon,
I'll lose them forever.
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Why? Why don't you listen to me?
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Do you know what it's like
to have people depending on you?
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To have someone's life in your hands?
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I do.
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Then please let me save them!
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No.
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You couldn't have always been this way.
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What happened to you?
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The Earth Kingdom's forces
are concentrated along the southern coast.
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We tried flanking them,
but they keep lengthening the line.
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How about a pincer move?
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They're anchored by cliffs.
They can outflank any attacks.
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What would you do?
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Your Highness, I would suggest--
Not you.
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Zuko.
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What would you do?
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Um...
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Horns tactic. Enveloping flanks,
leaving an escape route to draw them out.
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Didn't you hear the general?
They're protected by cliffs on one side.
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Tundra tanks to come over the top.
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They're Earthbenders.
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Our tanks would be
buried under rocks in seconds.
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I...
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I...
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General.
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We could advance a division... here.
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With the enemy's firepower
focused on that diversion,
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we can launch pinning attacks
here... and here.
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If you send them into the heart
of their forces, how will they retreat?
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They won't.
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But they'll be lost.
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You're gonna sacrifice them.
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Sacrifice is a part of war.
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What division do you suggest?
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The 41st. They're mostly new recruits.
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They're expendable.
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Good.
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This isn't something
you learn in a textbook.
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Little boys should know better
than to play at war.
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It's a terrible plan.
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What did you say?
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I said... it's a terrible plan!
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Soldiers are gonna die, and for what?
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It's unworthy of a Fire Nation officer.
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You dare question--
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Enough!
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There is only one way to resolve this.
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Agni Kai.
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Someone's out there.
00:18:43.083 --> 00:18:45.333 align:center
Let us through! Do you know who I am?
00:18:45.333 --> 00:18:46.500 align:center
Of course we do.
00:18:48.666 --> 00:18:52.750 align:center
Just as we all know
you're in defiance of my orders,
00:18:52.750 --> 00:18:57.916 align:center
which means that by disrespecting me,
you're dishonoring your father,
00:18:57.916 --> 00:19:02.500 align:center
which, I guess, shouldn't be surprising,
given the stories I've heard.
00:19:04.541 --> 00:19:05.750 align:center
We'll take the Avatar.
00:19:05.750 --> 00:19:07.000 align:center
Over my dead body.
00:19:10.250 --> 00:19:11.083 align:center
Tempting.
00:19:12.583 --> 00:19:13.500 align:center
However...
00:19:18.458 --> 00:19:19.583 align:center
The Yuyan Archers.
00:19:20.166 --> 00:19:23.000 align:center
Ozai was gracious enough
to lend them to me.
00:19:23.000 --> 00:19:28.125 align:center
It's said
they can shoot the wings off a glowfly
00:19:28.125 --> 00:19:30.083 align:center
from a thousand paces.
00:19:31.375 --> 00:19:32.208 align:center
I imagine...
00:19:35.208 --> 00:19:37.500 align:center
this shouldn't be
much of a challenge for them.
00:19:54.750 --> 00:19:56.041 align:center
Where will you take him?
00:19:57.625 --> 00:19:59.625 align:center
Pohuai Stronghold for the night.
00:19:59.625 --> 00:20:01.500 align:center
Then straight to Capital City.
00:20:01.500 --> 00:20:05.375 align:center
I'm sure the Fire Lord
is eager to take possession of his prize.
00:20:05.375 --> 00:20:09.583 align:center
He's been waiting a long time,
and I don't want him to be disappointed
00:20:10.416 --> 00:20:13.708 align:center
any more than he already has been.
00:20:22.500 --> 00:20:25.041 align:center
If we take the Eastern Pass,
we can make it to Pohuai by nightfall.
00:20:25.041 --> 00:20:26.791 align:center
- Prince Zuko.
- Watch out for the Archers.
00:20:26.791 --> 00:20:29.041 align:center
But Zhao will likely station them
by the Avatar--
00:20:29.041 --> 00:20:30.333 align:center
Zuko!
00:20:30.333 --> 00:20:33.041 align:center
Pohuai Stronghold is impenetrable.
00:20:33.541 --> 00:20:35.958 align:center
Why do you think
Zhao told us he was going there?
00:20:36.541 --> 00:20:38.958 align:center
He knows attacking it would be suicide.
00:20:38.958 --> 00:20:41.583 align:center
Entire armies have tried and failed.
00:20:41.583 --> 00:20:45.791 align:center
Not only that, but Pohuai lies
inside Fire Nation borders.
00:20:45.791 --> 00:20:47.958 align:center
Going there would violate your banishment.
00:20:49.125 --> 00:20:52.333 align:center
- I don't care!
- But Ozai does, and if he finds out--
00:20:52.333 --> 00:20:54.416 align:center
- But the Avatar--
- He's lost!
00:20:55.458 --> 00:20:57.625 align:center
For now.
00:20:57.625 --> 00:20:59.791 align:center
Right now, Zhao has the upper hand.
00:20:59.791 --> 00:21:04.375 align:center
But sooner or later, he'll make a mistake,
and that's when we can make our move.
00:21:04.375 --> 00:21:05.666 align:center
Until then,
00:21:06.666 --> 00:21:07.833 align:center
patience.
00:21:28.916 --> 00:21:30.166 align:center
Make sure you get this.
00:21:30.166 --> 00:21:33.291 align:center
The Fire Lord will wanna know
all the details of the Avatar's capture.
00:21:33.291 --> 00:21:37.375 align:center
Make it clear
I spared no effort in securing him.
00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:41.083 align:center
And we should add a few thoughts
from the Avatar himself.
00:21:41.583 --> 00:21:44.666 align:center
If not for the Fire Lord,
then for posterity.
00:21:45.166 --> 00:21:46.166 align:center
Now,
00:21:47.666 --> 00:21:48.916 align:center
Avatar,
00:21:48.916 --> 00:21:52.125 align:center
had you heard of my name
before your capture,
00:21:52.125 --> 00:21:53.625 align:center
or was this the first time?
00:21:53.625 --> 00:21:55.708 align:center
Please. You have to let me go.
00:21:55.708 --> 00:21:58.750 align:center
No, no. There are four guards, not three,
00:21:58.750 --> 00:22:03.375 align:center
and both his hands
and his feet are shackled.
00:22:03.375 --> 00:22:06.958 align:center
- Make sure you get it right.
- There are innocent lives at stake!
00:22:06.958 --> 00:22:09.458 align:center
I can't let everyone down again.
00:22:11.791 --> 00:22:12.791 align:center
Not again.
00:22:17.125 --> 00:22:18.250 align:center
If I were you,
00:22:19.541 --> 00:22:21.833 align:center
I'd be thinking less about my past
00:22:22.458 --> 00:22:24.000 align:center
and more about my future.
00:22:25.083 --> 00:22:27.041 align:center
It's not my future I'm worried about.
00:22:28.083 --> 00:22:28.916 align:center
Really?
00:22:30.333 --> 00:22:32.583 align:center
I mean, I'd worry a little.
00:22:33.583 --> 00:22:35.416 align:center
Oh, you won't be killed.
00:22:35.416 --> 00:22:37.250 align:center
If you die, you'll just be reborn.
00:22:37.250 --> 00:22:39.833 align:center
We'd have to begin our search
for the Avatar all over again,
00:22:39.833 --> 00:22:42.166 align:center
so... you'll live.
00:22:43.958 --> 00:22:45.166 align:center
Though not well.
00:22:48.666 --> 00:22:49.583 align:center
Well...
00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:08.708 align:center
Blow all the hot air you want.
It won't change your fate.
00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:13.708 align:center
What are you doing? Don't write that down.
00:23:19.666 --> 00:23:24.125 align:center
We are the loyal sons
and daughters of fire,
00:23:25.083 --> 00:23:28.000 align:center
the superior element.
00:23:28.000 --> 00:23:33.000 align:center
Until now, only one thing
stood in our path to victory.
00:23:34.125 --> 00:23:35.583 align:center
The Avatar.
00:23:35.583 --> 00:23:41.458 align:center
And today, we've done something
no one has been able to do.
00:23:42.041 --> 00:23:46.333 align:center
We have captured the Avatar!
00:23:48.375 --> 00:23:50.916 align:center
This is just the first step.
00:23:50.916 --> 00:23:54.750 align:center
There will be mighty battles to be fought.
00:23:55.291 --> 00:23:56.375 align:center
But not tonight.
00:23:56.375 --> 00:23:57.625 align:center
Tonight,
00:23:58.791 --> 00:24:02.666 align:center
we will celebrate!
00:24:03.416 --> 00:24:08.750 align:center
We will praise the glory
of the Fire Nation!
00:24:48.166 --> 00:24:49.500 align:center
Whoa.
00:24:50.208 --> 00:24:51.833 align:center
Did you get everything?
00:24:51.833 --> 00:24:54.875 align:center
You know it.
As much wine as I could haul.
00:24:58.208 --> 00:25:00.208 align:center
Gonna be some night, huh?
00:25:02.458 --> 00:25:05.375 align:center
Let's hope there's less firespitting
than Ahn's birthday.
00:25:05.375 --> 00:25:07.791 align:center
My eyebrows
only just grew back.
00:25:22.291 --> 00:25:24.000 align:center
All clear.
Open gate!
00:25:44.458 --> 00:25:45.958 align:center
Whoa.
00:25:51.791 --> 00:25:52.916 align:center
He's got the goods.
00:25:52.916 --> 00:25:55.708 align:center
Man, am I happy
to see your ugly butt.
00:26:34.125 --> 00:26:35.250 align:center
Who's there?
00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:55.333 align:center
Sound the alarm.
00:27:27.166 --> 00:27:28.250 align:center
Who are you?
00:27:31.416 --> 00:27:33.500 align:center
Right. Run now, talk later.
00:27:59.125 --> 00:28:01.625 align:center
Make sure to include
the full transcript of my speech,
00:28:01.625 --> 00:28:04.625 align:center
but change "loyal" to "faithful."
00:28:04.625 --> 00:28:05.791 align:center
It sounds more personal.
00:28:05.791 --> 00:28:11.083 align:center
Also, make sure the Great Sage
has everything he needs for his research.
00:28:25.041 --> 00:28:27.083 align:center
Now, was that "loyal" or "faithful," sir?
00:28:34.916 --> 00:28:36.958 align:center
The Avatar has escaped!
00:28:36.958 --> 00:28:38.833 align:center
The Avatar's escaped!
00:28:38.833 --> 00:28:41.375 align:center
There! On the wall!
Don't let him get to the gate!
00:28:42.291 --> 00:28:44.333 align:center
The Avatar! Stop him!
00:28:51.833 --> 00:28:53.541 align:center
Ah!
00:29:41.666 --> 00:29:42.791 align:center
Hey! Here. Take this.
00:29:47.833 --> 00:29:48.666 align:center
Hop on!
00:29:48.666 --> 00:29:49.750 align:center
Ah!
00:29:52.875 --> 00:29:54.041 align:center
Ah!
00:29:56.583 --> 00:29:57.583 align:center
Ah!
00:30:11.291 --> 00:30:13.500 align:center
Hold your fire!
00:30:17.416 --> 00:30:20.583 align:center
I need the Avatar... alive.
00:30:25.583 --> 00:30:27.458 align:center
What... what are you doing?
00:30:42.250 --> 00:30:43.458 align:center
Open the gate!
00:30:44.000 --> 00:30:44.833 align:center
Sir!
00:30:44.833 --> 00:30:45.750 align:center
Do it!
00:30:46.333 --> 00:30:47.291 align:center
Now!
00:30:48.041 --> 00:30:49.250 align:center
Open gate!
00:31:21.333 --> 00:31:22.333 align:center
Do you have a shot?
00:31:24.708 --> 00:31:25.625 align:center
Take him out.
00:31:45.250 --> 00:31:46.708 align:center
Kill the mercenary,
00:31:47.291 --> 00:31:48.916 align:center
and recover the Avatar!
00:31:49.791 --> 00:31:50.625 align:center
Now!
00:32:24.791 --> 00:32:26.208 align:center
Where did they go?
00:32:30.291 --> 00:32:31.458 align:center
Check over there!
00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:33.291 align:center
Did you see anything?
00:32:33.291 --> 00:32:34.750 align:center
Sir, footprints!
00:32:34.750 --> 00:32:35.833 align:center
Over here!
00:32:41.375 --> 00:32:42.708 align:center
I have a small boat nearby.
00:32:45.333 --> 00:32:48.458 align:center
We can't go anywhere.
Not with those soldiers still out there.
00:32:50.166 --> 00:32:51.375 align:center
This way!
00:32:51.375 --> 00:32:52.875 align:center
You shouldn't try to move.
00:32:54.666 --> 00:32:55.625 align:center
You're hurt.
00:33:00.000 --> 00:33:02.041 align:center
- I'm trying to help.
- I don't need your help.
00:33:03.833 --> 00:33:04.708 align:center
Fine.
00:33:05.458 --> 00:33:06.500 align:center
Have it your way.
00:33:24.250 --> 00:33:25.375 align:center
What?
00:33:25.375 --> 00:33:26.375 align:center
Nothing.
00:33:33.208 --> 00:33:35.083 align:center
Can I ask you something?
00:33:36.000 --> 00:33:37.791 align:center
It might be a little personal.
00:33:41.875 --> 00:33:43.791 align:center
Goat hair or rabbit?
00:33:46.458 --> 00:33:49.625 align:center
Your calligraphy brush.
Goat hair or rabbit?
00:33:50.666 --> 00:33:54.916 align:center
Your characters are so neat.
I mean, I could never get mine like that.
00:33:54.916 --> 00:33:58.666 align:center
Monks used to say lemur droppings
were more legible than my brush strokes.
00:34:06.875 --> 00:34:07.750 align:center
Look,
00:34:08.833 --> 00:34:11.083 align:center
I know I shouldn't have
taken your notebook,
00:34:11.666 --> 00:34:12.916 align:center
and I'm sorry.
00:34:14.583 --> 00:34:16.958 align:center
It's been a lifesaver. Really.
00:34:17.500 --> 00:34:19.625 align:center
You have information
on all the past Avatars
00:34:19.625 --> 00:34:21.458 align:center
that no one else has.
00:34:23.291 --> 00:34:26.625 align:center
All the Air Nomad monks, they're all gone.
00:34:27.708 --> 00:34:29.541 align:center
So all I had was your notebook.
00:34:31.041 --> 00:34:33.583 align:center
I can't tell you
how many nights I stayed up reading it.
00:34:34.916 --> 00:34:35.833 align:center
You helped me a lot.
00:34:37.000 --> 00:34:39.750 align:center
I mean, it helped me a lot.
00:34:52.375 --> 00:34:53.333 align:center
Goat hair.
00:34:54.083 --> 00:34:55.708 align:center
It's stiffer, more control.
00:34:57.333 --> 00:34:59.833 align:center
My teachers
made me practice every morning.
00:35:00.958 --> 00:35:02.416 align:center
I wasn't allowed to do fight training
00:35:02.416 --> 00:35:05.750 align:center
until I had done 100 vertical strokes
and 100 horizontal.
00:35:05.750 --> 00:35:06.875 align:center
Me too!
00:35:07.625 --> 00:35:10.541 align:center
Except mine were for spiritual studies.
00:35:10.541 --> 00:35:14.083 align:center
A lot of the time, when I was supposed
to be meditating, I was actually sleeping.
00:35:14.083 --> 00:35:17.625 align:center
I always got caught.
Probably didn't help that I snored.
00:35:25.875 --> 00:35:28.833 align:center
Those guys out there, they're Fire Nation.
00:35:29.458 --> 00:35:30.458 align:center
Yes.
00:35:31.041 --> 00:35:33.916 align:center
So they're on your side.
Why are you fighting them?
00:35:33.916 --> 00:35:35.083 align:center
They're not on my side.
00:35:36.500 --> 00:35:39.666 align:center
But they will be.
When I capture you and bring you back, I...
00:35:48.416 --> 00:35:50.208 align:center
If I catch you, I can go home.
00:35:51.375 --> 00:35:54.208 align:center
Then I can take my place
as the rightful heir to the Fire Lord.
00:35:54.208 --> 00:35:57.125 align:center
And that's what you want?
To be the next Fire Lord?
00:35:57.125 --> 00:36:00.500 align:center
Yes. Of course.
It's what everyone expects of me.
00:36:04.791 --> 00:36:05.708 align:center
Gyatso.
00:36:06.666 --> 00:36:07.750 align:center
He was my teacher.
00:36:08.833 --> 00:36:12.291 align:center
He said we can't worry about
anyone else's expectations.
00:36:13.416 --> 00:36:15.541 align:center
I know. It's not that easy.
00:36:16.416 --> 00:36:20.791 align:center
I mean, I'm the Avatar,
and... it's what everyone expects of me.
00:36:22.208 --> 00:36:23.958 align:center
All I do is worry about that.
00:36:29.375 --> 00:36:32.000 align:center
Maybe you don't have to be
like the other Firebenders.
00:36:33.708 --> 00:36:35.416 align:center
Maybe you could be better than them.
00:36:36.666 --> 00:36:39.000 align:center
You know
what the Fire Lord is doing is wrong,
00:36:39.541 --> 00:36:41.500 align:center
so you don't have to be like him.
00:36:42.333 --> 00:36:44.500 align:center
You can show some compassion.
00:36:49.875 --> 00:36:50.708 align:center
How dare you?
00:36:51.500 --> 00:36:56.041 align:center
I'm the Crown Prince of the Fire Nation.
I'll be the example for all Firebenders.
00:36:56.041 --> 00:36:59.375 align:center
And my father is a great man.
00:37:02.875 --> 00:37:04.291 align:center
Compassion?
00:37:04.291 --> 00:37:08.250 align:center
Compassion is a sign of weakness.
00:37:17.500 --> 00:37:19.708 align:center
I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you.
00:37:21.625 --> 00:37:24.916 align:center
I have a feeling
you've been hurt more than enough.
00:37:33.041 --> 00:37:34.375 align:center
Prepare yourself.
00:37:36.791 --> 00:37:37.833 align:center
Father?
00:37:38.791 --> 00:37:42.500 align:center
But... I'm... I'm here to duel General Li.
00:37:42.500 --> 00:37:45.791 align:center
You're here because you have no respect
for our military.
00:37:45.791 --> 00:37:47.833 align:center
That's not true.
Really?
00:37:47.833 --> 00:37:51.583 align:center
Even when they come up
with terrible plans?
00:37:52.333 --> 00:37:53.583 align:center
My plans!
00:37:54.375 --> 00:37:58.041 align:center
My strategy. My military.
That's what you have insulted.
00:37:59.041 --> 00:38:01.125 align:center
Forgive me, Father.
I meant no disrespect.
00:38:01.125 --> 00:38:03.041 align:center
Rise.
No! Please, Father.
00:38:03.041 --> 00:38:04.166 align:center
Rise!
00:38:04.166 --> 00:38:05.166 align:center
Brother!
00:38:06.333 --> 00:38:07.375 align:center
Don't do this.
00:38:07.375 --> 00:38:08.500 align:center
He's your son.
00:38:09.541 --> 00:38:10.500 align:center
We'll see.
00:38:19.416 --> 00:38:21.583 align:center
Rise and fight, Prince Zuko,
00:38:22.291 --> 00:38:24.333 align:center
so you can learn some respect.
00:39:05.375 --> 00:39:08.416 align:center
Is this everything? Give me everything.
00:39:51.916 --> 00:39:54.458 align:center
Compassion is a sign of weakness.
00:40:22.750 --> 00:40:24.333 align:center
The soldiers are gone,
00:40:24.333 --> 00:40:26.833 align:center
so you should be able
to get back to your ship
00:40:26.833 --> 00:40:28.125 align:center
without getting spotted.
00:40:30.666 --> 00:40:33.625 align:center
You know the worst part
about being born a hundred years ago?
00:40:36.500 --> 00:40:37.625 align:center
I miss my friends.
00:40:39.208 --> 00:40:40.166 align:center
Like Kuzon.
00:40:41.583 --> 00:40:42.625 align:center
He was the best.
00:40:43.791 --> 00:40:45.833 align:center
And he was from the Fire Nation.
00:40:50.458 --> 00:40:52.041 align:center
If we knew each other back then...
00:40:55.125 --> 00:40:56.833 align:center
do you think we could have been friends?
00:41:21.916 --> 00:41:24.666 align:center
You should turn in, sir. We'll keep watch.
00:41:24.666 --> 00:41:26.708 align:center
Any sign of the prince,
we'll let you know.
00:41:26.708 --> 00:41:29.791 align:center
Thank you, Lieutenant,
but I'll wait a little longer.
00:41:33.708 --> 00:41:34.916 align:center
You're wrong, you know.
00:41:35.708 --> 00:41:37.250 align:center
About him not caring.
00:41:38.625 --> 00:41:40.833 align:center
If anything, Zuko cares too much,
00:41:40.833 --> 00:41:43.583 align:center
especially about the people on this ship.
00:41:44.833 --> 00:41:45.750 align:center
Of course, sir.
00:41:46.458 --> 00:41:49.250 align:center
Lieutenant, have you ever wondered
00:41:49.250 --> 00:41:52.250 align:center
how you and the others
were assigned this mission?
00:41:53.041 --> 00:41:56.708 align:center
The doctor is creating
a special herbal balm just for you.
00:41:57.833 --> 00:42:00.875 align:center
And the good news is,
he says your vision will be fine,
00:42:00.875 --> 00:42:05.500 align:center
which means you have the good fortune
of continuing to bask in my beauty.
00:42:15.208 --> 00:42:17.125 align:center
Now is not a good time.
00:42:17.125 --> 00:42:19.458 align:center
- I wish to speak with my son.
- He's hurt.
00:42:19.458 --> 00:42:21.833 align:center
- He'll recover.
- But he'll never heal.
00:42:26.250 --> 00:42:28.666 align:center
The doctor says you'll recuperate quickly.
00:42:28.666 --> 00:42:30.958 align:center
It's a sign your body is strong.
That's good.
00:42:31.958 --> 00:42:33.791 align:center
Your spirit, however,
00:42:33.791 --> 00:42:36.583 align:center
still needs strengthening.
00:42:46.708 --> 00:42:48.041 align:center
You held back today.
00:42:49.666 --> 00:42:52.291 align:center
Maybe you saw that as a sign of respect,
but it wasn't.
00:42:52.791 --> 00:42:54.041 align:center
It was weakness.
00:42:55.333 --> 00:42:58.125 align:center
You must purge that weakness out of you.
00:43:02.750 --> 00:43:05.916 align:center
You must be willing to give up the weak
to make yourself strong.
00:43:05.916 --> 00:43:07.875 align:center
That is what makes us the Fire Nation.
00:43:07.875 --> 00:43:10.458 align:center
That is why we sacrifice
the 41st Division.
00:43:10.458 --> 00:43:12.916 align:center
That is what you must do.
00:43:20.208 --> 00:43:23.041 align:center
Sometimes the weak can become stronger.
00:43:26.500 --> 00:43:29.875 align:center
Sometimes you just
have to give them a chance.
00:43:33.625 --> 00:43:36.083 align:center
I have made a mistake.
00:43:37.000 --> 00:43:40.541 align:center
I've sheltered you,
and it's made you soft like your mother.
00:43:42.625 --> 00:43:46.458 align:center
Well, since you seem unable
to learn within the walls of this palace,
00:43:46.458 --> 00:43:50.458 align:center
perhaps the demands of the world outside
will prove to be a better teacher.
00:43:52.625 --> 00:43:57.625 align:center
You will leave here immediately,
and you are not to return
00:43:59.416 --> 00:44:00.250 align:center
until...
00:44:02.541 --> 00:44:06.875 align:center
until you have conquered the greatest
remaining threat to our nation's destiny.
00:44:08.250 --> 00:44:13.375 align:center
You will find, capture,
and bring me the Avatar.
00:44:13.375 --> 00:44:15.875 align:center
You are not to set a foot
within our borders
00:44:15.875 --> 00:44:17.583 align:center
until this task is completed.
00:44:17.583 --> 00:44:19.958 align:center
Under threat of the severest of penalties!
00:44:19.958 --> 00:44:21.500 align:center
Ozai! You can't!
00:44:21.500 --> 00:44:22.833 align:center
Brother, it's done.
00:44:25.291 --> 00:44:26.291 align:center
Oh.
00:44:27.416 --> 00:44:30.208 align:center
And since you're so concerned
with the 41st Division,
00:44:30.708 --> 00:44:31.875 align:center
take them with you
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as your crew.
00:44:50.250 --> 00:44:51.333 align:center
The 41st?
00:44:52.416 --> 00:44:53.833 align:center
We're the 41st.
00:44:55.000 --> 00:44:58.125 align:center
And you're all alive
because of my nephew's sacrifice.
00:45:02.000 --> 00:45:03.375 align:center
There's something out there.
00:45:13.083 --> 00:45:15.291 align:center
It's him. Drop the lines!
00:45:23.458 --> 00:45:25.125 align:center
You're injured.
- I'm fine.
00:45:25.125 --> 00:45:26.791 align:center
We should have someone look at it.
00:45:27.458 --> 00:45:28.791 align:center
I've dealt with worse.
00:45:30.375 --> 00:45:34.000 align:center
I'm not going to ask you where you went,
but in the future, nephew,
00:45:34.000 --> 00:45:38.208 align:center
I would appreciate it if you let me know
whether or not you're still alive.
00:45:39.125 --> 00:45:41.791 align:center
There actually are a few of us
who care about...
00:45:43.916 --> 00:45:45.041 align:center
about such things.
00:45:51.041 --> 00:45:52.125 align:center
Attention!
00:45:52.125 --> 00:45:53.166 align:center
Huh!
00:45:54.791 --> 00:45:57.666 align:center
Our prince... has returned.
00:45:59.458 --> 00:46:00.916 align:center
Hup!
Hup!
00:46:06.500 --> 00:46:07.458 align:center
What's going on?
00:46:09.375 --> 00:46:11.250 align:center
They must've missed you at music night.
00:46:58.333 --> 00:47:02.291 align:center
It's amazing how far we'll go
to hide our true selves from the world.
00:47:06.166 --> 00:47:08.541 align:center
Perhaps it's because
we don't want people to know
00:47:08.541 --> 00:47:10.416 align:center
how much they really mean to us...
00:47:13.500 --> 00:47:18.375 align:center
...which is funny because the truth is,
we would do anything for them.
00:47:28.500 --> 00:47:30.625 align:center
We'd travel incredible distances.
00:47:32.333 --> 00:47:33.958 align:center
Risk our lives.
00:47:36.583 --> 00:47:38.166 align:center
Even fight monsters.
00:48:32.000 --> 00:48:35.208 align:center
But I suppose it can be scary
to admit you need people.
00:48:36.250 --> 00:48:39.625 align:center
Some might see that
as a weakness, a liability.
00:48:45.791 --> 00:48:48.166 align:center
It's been so long.
How do you feel?
00:48:48.166 --> 00:48:53.208 align:center
After all, what greater pain
is there than losing someone you love?
00:48:56.250 --> 00:48:57.250 align:center
Or worse...
00:48:58.458 --> 00:48:59.375 align:center
Gyatso?
00:49:00.166 --> 00:49:03.750 align:center
...finding out someone you love
has left you behind.
00:49:07.375 --> 00:49:10.208 align:center
Can we talk about it when I get back?
00:49:11.791 --> 00:49:13.000 align:center
Of course.
00:49:13.000 --> 00:49:16.125 align:center
Once I save my friends,
we'll have more time.
00:49:30.958 --> 00:49:35.333 align:center
I guess that's why we feel the need
to hide away and protect ourselves.
00:50:09.291 --> 00:50:10.916 align:center
So we put on a mask.
00:50:13.458 --> 00:50:15.625 align:center
It's not hard to understand why.
00:50:17.458 --> 00:50:19.583 align:center
What's hard is knowing that sometimes...
00:50:21.958 --> 00:50:24.625 align:center
the mask is who you really are.