WEBVTT 00:00:18.208 --> 00:00:20.250 align:center Save yourself, Momo! 00:00:27.375 --> 00:00:28.708 align:center Please don't find me. Please-- 00:00:34.708 --> 00:00:36.333 align:center Well, it was a good try. 00:00:36.416 --> 00:00:37.916 align:center - Really? - No! 00:00:38.000 --> 00:00:40.208 align:center I've seen two-year-olds hold their ground better. 00:00:40.291 --> 00:00:42.208 align:center You're about as stalwart as a possum chicken. 00:00:42.291 --> 00:00:44.083 align:center You know, even Sokka could've earthbent by now. 00:00:44.166 --> 00:00:46.375 align:center Whoa! Take it easy on the poor guy. 00:00:46.458 --> 00:00:50.875 align:center Okay, I'll take it easy on him after he gives me 50 hop squats. 00:00:50.958 --> 00:00:52.541 align:center Yes, Sifu. 00:00:52.625 --> 00:00:54.208 align:center - Oh. - One, two… 00:00:54.291 --> 00:00:56.625 align:center You know, Aang is a good learner. 00:00:56.708 --> 00:00:59.125 align:center And I think a little positive reinforcement 00:00:59.208 --> 00:01:00.208 align:center would go a long way. 00:01:00.291 --> 00:01:01.958 align:center Wow, that's actually really helpful. 00:01:02.041 --> 00:01:04.958 align:center I'll try and remember that if he ever does anything positive. 00:01:07.583 --> 00:01:09.916 align:center The sooner we get to Ba Sing Se, the better. 00:01:10.000 --> 00:01:11.125 align:center - Excuse me. - Oh. Yeah. 00:01:15.833 --> 00:01:18.541 align:center - Are you and Suki okay? - Yeah. We're… 00:01:18.625 --> 00:01:21.916 align:center What are you talking about? We're talking. I said hi to her this morning, so… 00:01:22.000 --> 00:01:24.208 align:center We're fine, so just leave me alone. 00:01:24.916 --> 00:01:26.583 align:center Come on, Aang. You don't have to keep-- 00:01:26.666 --> 00:01:27.708 align:center Everybody stop! 00:01:30.375 --> 00:01:33.333 align:center There's something… following us. 00:01:34.208 --> 00:01:36.208 align:center It's big, and it's moving fast. 00:01:37.583 --> 00:01:40.000 align:center - You think it's Azula and her friends? - Or Zuko again. 00:01:40.083 --> 00:01:43.250 align:center - Whatever it is, it's after us. - No, it's after me. 00:01:43.916 --> 00:01:46.125 align:center Everyone should keep moving forward towards Ba Sing Se. 00:01:46.208 --> 00:01:49.208 align:center Good idea! Aang and I will stay behind and cover everyone's tracks. 00:01:49.291 --> 00:01:51.000 align:center - Lead them the wrong way. - Want me to help? 00:01:51.083 --> 00:01:53.416 align:center Oh, don't worry your pretty head about it, sweetness. 00:01:53.500 --> 00:01:55.125 align:center Aang and I have got this. 00:01:55.208 --> 00:01:58.125 align:center Come on, baldy. You can finish your hop squats before the battle. 00:01:59.083 --> 00:02:00.875 align:center Why is earthbending so hard for me? 00:02:31.250 --> 00:02:33.708 align:center Earth is the element of strength. 00:02:35.041 --> 00:02:38.750 align:center The people of the Earth Kingdom are resilient and enduring, 00:02:39.625 --> 00:02:41.083 align:center like the hills around us. 00:02:41.583 --> 00:02:44.375 align:center They face their adversity head-on. 00:02:44.875 --> 00:02:47.750 align:center The opposite of earth is air. 00:02:47.833 --> 00:02:50.041 align:center Air is the element of freedom. 00:02:50.125 --> 00:02:54.541 align:center Like the wind, the Air Nomads live freely of worldly possessions 00:02:54.625 --> 00:02:57.708 align:center and find peace through detachment and lightness. 00:02:57.791 --> 00:03:00.083 align:center The ferry to Ba Sing Se is almost back. We should head down. 00:03:05.333 --> 00:03:06.541 align:center We still have time. 00:03:07.125 --> 00:03:09.833 align:center The element closest to air is water. 00:03:09.916 --> 00:03:13.041 align:center Water is the element of change. 00:03:13.125 --> 00:03:16.958 align:center Just as ice transforms to liquid, then into mist, 00:03:17.041 --> 00:03:21.458 align:center the people of the Water Tribes transform adversity into growth. 00:03:21.958 --> 00:03:24.333 align:center Fire is the element of power. 00:03:29.125 --> 00:03:33.125 align:center If you want to bring Azula down, you need to listen to me. 00:03:33.833 --> 00:03:35.708 align:center I'm trying to teach you to fight her. 00:03:36.791 --> 00:03:38.458 align:center Wait, is this about lightning? 00:03:38.541 --> 00:03:42.791 align:center Yes. I'm going to teach you a technique I designed myself. 00:03:44.708 --> 00:03:45.625 align:center Okay. 00:04:00.166 --> 00:04:05.583 align:center The key is you must allow the energy to flow from the tips of your fingers 00:04:06.083 --> 00:04:07.458 align:center to your shoulder, 00:04:08.375 --> 00:04:10.208 align:center down into your stomach. 00:04:10.291 --> 00:04:14.583 align:center The stomach is a bowl that holds the energy of your body. 00:04:15.083 --> 00:04:16.208 align:center From the stomach, 00:04:16.708 --> 00:04:21.000 align:center you redirect the energy up and out through your other arm. 00:04:23.375 --> 00:04:24.250 align:center Okay. 00:04:48.958 --> 00:04:51.166 align:center The path through the stomach is critical. 00:04:54.375 --> 00:04:57.000 align:center If the lightning detours through your heart, 00:04:57.833 --> 00:04:59.250 align:center it will kill you. 00:05:00.333 --> 00:05:01.250 align:center Okay. 00:05:50.708 --> 00:05:51.541 align:center Okay. 00:05:52.041 --> 00:05:54.583 align:center I got it. Now… now how do I create the lightning? 00:05:54.666 --> 00:05:58.833 align:center No! This is a technique I created by watching Waterbenders. 00:05:58.916 --> 00:06:00.458 align:center It is to redirect lightning. 00:06:00.541 --> 00:06:02.708 align:center - Redirect? - Yes, to defend yourself. 00:06:02.791 --> 00:06:06.416 align:center I don't need self-defense. I need to defeat Azula. 00:06:06.500 --> 00:06:08.500 align:center I thought you were teaching me to bend lightning so-- 00:06:08.583 --> 00:06:12.875 align:center Lightning is the purest, most dangerous expression of firebending. 00:06:12.958 --> 00:06:17.250 align:center It would be too dangerous for you until you resolve the turmoil inside. 00:06:17.333 --> 00:06:18.208 align:center What turmoil? 00:06:18.291 --> 00:06:19.375 align:center Aah! 00:06:19.458 --> 00:06:22.125 align:center I'm… I'm sorry. Uncle, I'm… I'm sorry. 00:06:22.208 --> 00:06:23.041 align:center I'm okay. 00:06:32.916 --> 00:06:33.916 align:center We have to go. 00:06:40.875 --> 00:06:43.250 align:center Covering everyone else's tracks worked. 00:06:43.333 --> 00:06:45.833 align:center Whatever was following us is coming this way. 00:06:45.916 --> 00:06:48.250 align:center If we need to run, I'll be able to use my glider. 00:06:48.333 --> 00:06:50.750 align:center I'm sorry. Why would we run? 00:06:50.833 --> 00:06:53.791 align:center In case… we're losing? 00:06:53.875 --> 00:06:56.958 align:center This is exactly your problem. 00:06:57.041 --> 00:06:59.708 align:center I don't run away from things, and neither should you. 00:06:59.791 --> 00:07:01.916 align:center Azula can bend lightning. 00:07:02.000 --> 00:07:06.125 align:center Her fire is blue, and it took seven of us to make her feel like she was outnumbered. 00:07:06.208 --> 00:07:08.708 align:center The second I showed up, she fled. 00:07:08.791 --> 00:07:10.375 align:center She barely got away. 00:07:10.875 --> 00:07:13.875 align:center So no, I'm not going to run. 00:07:18.500 --> 00:07:21.166 align:center Oh, come on. You've got to be kidding me. 00:07:21.250 --> 00:07:22.833 align:center - Well, what is it? - You know what? 00:07:22.916 --> 00:07:25.500 align:center - This is gonna be good training for you. - Training? 00:07:25.583 --> 00:07:27.958 align:center You're going to handle this, flighty boy. 00:07:28.041 --> 00:07:30.500 align:center And you're gonna do it with earthbending. 00:07:31.333 --> 00:07:33.708 align:center Toph, this is not the time to be messing around. 00:07:33.791 --> 00:07:35.208 align:center No, don't worry. 00:07:35.291 --> 00:07:37.541 align:center Not even you could lose to these chuckleheads. 00:07:49.250 --> 00:07:50.375 align:center Submit! 00:07:52.458 --> 00:07:56.375 align:center We are here to collect you from the clutches of the Avatar. 00:07:56.458 --> 00:08:01.458 align:center At long last, The Boulder has finally found you, little Beifong. 00:08:01.541 --> 00:08:03.708 align:center Oh, help me, O powerful Avatar. 00:08:03.791 --> 00:08:05.250 align:center Are you serious right now? 00:08:05.333 --> 00:08:07.791 align:center He's going to throw a bunch of stuff at you. 00:08:07.875 --> 00:08:11.708 align:center - Remember… hold your ground. - Okay. 00:08:12.208 --> 00:08:14.375 align:center - Ha! - Step aside, bald one. 00:08:14.458 --> 00:08:15.458 align:center Uh… 00:08:16.125 --> 00:08:17.125 align:center No? 00:08:17.208 --> 00:08:20.875 align:center - Then prepare to eat… Boulder. - Ew. 00:08:20.958 --> 00:08:24.791 align:center You'll never know how satisfying it was for The Boulder to learn that… 00:08:25.291 --> 00:08:27.083 align:center …the Blind Bandit 00:08:28.541 --> 00:08:32.791 align:center was a spoiled Beifong princess! Ah! 00:08:36.416 --> 00:08:40.458 align:center Plant your feet, wide stance, and hold your ground. 00:08:42.333 --> 00:08:43.750 align:center The Boulder agrees. 00:08:43.833 --> 00:08:44.958 align:center Stop running! 00:08:45.041 --> 00:08:46.000 align:center And get smashed? 00:08:46.083 --> 00:08:48.583 align:center The Boulder has been smashed many times in the head. 00:08:48.666 --> 00:08:50.208 align:center Oh, well, that explains it. 00:08:56.166 --> 00:08:59.375 align:center Dig in your heels. Massage the granules. 00:08:59.458 --> 00:09:02.291 align:center Mr. Boulder, please refrain from instructing the Avatar. 00:09:07.125 --> 00:09:11.291 align:center Be one with the stone, as it cracks your skull! 00:09:12.708 --> 00:09:14.291 align:center - Should I be one with it? - No! 00:09:16.000 --> 00:09:18.583 align:center - Stop it! You're confusing him! - I'm not confused. 00:09:18.666 --> 00:09:20.458 align:center I just… I can't do it. 00:09:20.541 --> 00:09:22.875 align:center Probably because Miss Beifong never learned the fundamentals. 00:09:22.958 --> 00:09:25.125 align:center She's as stubborn as the earth itself. 00:09:25.625 --> 00:09:27.291 align:center Hold your ground! 00:09:27.375 --> 00:09:29.750 align:center Caress the earth like a lover. 00:09:29.833 --> 00:09:31.916 align:center - What? - Recognize the element to command it. 00:09:32.000 --> 00:09:34.625 align:center - Study the terrain. - Stop moving! Quit moving! 00:09:34.708 --> 00:09:37.041 align:center - Don't airbend! - Make the elements serve you. 00:09:37.125 --> 00:09:39.375 align:center Hey! You're making me look bad! 00:09:40.166 --> 00:09:41.750 align:center Hey, don't listen to them! 00:09:46.458 --> 00:09:48.916 align:center Bravo. You didn't learn a thing. 00:09:49.708 --> 00:09:51.833 align:center Your mother is not going to like this! 00:09:53.416 --> 00:09:54.791 align:center Not one bit! 00:10:06.291 --> 00:10:09.583 align:center The ferry's not ready. Everyone back up! 00:10:14.500 --> 00:10:15.375 align:center I'm not going. 00:10:16.708 --> 00:10:18.458 align:center - What? - Go without me. 00:10:18.541 --> 00:10:20.458 align:center I'm never going back to Ba Sing Se. 00:10:20.541 --> 00:10:22.125 align:center They're coming! 00:10:22.208 --> 00:10:24.333 align:center Soldiers, to your defenses! 00:10:24.416 --> 00:10:26.416 align:center I'm sorry there wasn't time to teach you everything. 00:10:26.500 --> 00:10:28.875 align:center It's the only place we can be safe from her. 00:10:29.375 --> 00:10:30.750 align:center Fire Nation! 00:10:32.875 --> 00:10:34.041 align:center Uncle! Uncle! 00:10:39.625 --> 00:10:40.541 align:center Let's go. 00:10:44.500 --> 00:10:45.750 align:center Launch the ferry! 00:10:45.833 --> 00:10:47.250 align:center We must have order! 00:11:00.375 --> 00:11:02.958 align:center Launch the ferry! Launch the ferry! 00:11:16.666 --> 00:11:19.166 align:center You're okay. You're okay. We made it. 00:11:19.875 --> 00:11:22.208 align:center Longshot! There you are. 00:11:23.791 --> 00:11:26.791 align:center What are you doing? You could have gotten left behind! 00:11:26.875 --> 00:11:28.541 align:center Look at him, Jet. 00:11:28.625 --> 00:11:29.916 align:center He needed help. 00:11:34.333 --> 00:11:35.375 align:center Thank you. 00:12:28.625 --> 00:12:30.375 align:center This is the Outer Wall of the city. 00:12:31.666 --> 00:12:33.000 align:center But where is everyone? 00:12:33.500 --> 00:12:35.666 align:center Oh, I'm sorry. Are we talking again? 00:12:36.166 --> 00:12:37.416 align:center Not by choice. 00:12:40.708 --> 00:12:43.791 align:center Maybe they already got inside. Do you see a gate? 00:12:44.375 --> 00:12:46.791 align:center No. But I see Appa's tracks. 00:12:49.125 --> 00:12:50.041 align:center Wait a minute. 00:12:50.958 --> 00:12:52.166 align:center Do you hear that? 00:12:52.250 --> 00:12:54.041 align:center You can't keep us in here! 00:12:54.125 --> 00:12:55.750 align:center We came here for help! 00:12:55.833 --> 00:12:57.625 align:center Hey, it's your friend, Katara. 00:12:57.708 --> 00:12:58.791 align:center Let us out! 00:13:01.166 --> 00:13:02.125 align:center Katara! 00:13:02.208 --> 00:13:03.583 align:center Aang, is that you? 00:13:03.666 --> 00:13:05.458 align:center Yeah, it's me and Toph. 00:13:05.541 --> 00:13:06.458 align:center What happened? 00:13:06.541 --> 00:13:09.125 align:center The soldiers said we can't enter the city here. 00:13:09.208 --> 00:13:10.125 align:center What soldiers? 00:13:10.208 --> 00:13:13.875 align:center We told them we were from Omashu, and more soldiers came. 00:13:13.958 --> 00:13:17.000 align:center They shoved us against the wall, and now we're all locked up. 00:13:17.083 --> 00:13:18.583 align:center Wait a minute, she's right. 00:13:18.666 --> 00:13:22.333 align:center I can feel them all down the wall. Everyone's in their own cell. 00:13:25.666 --> 00:13:26.666 align:center What about Appa? 00:13:26.750 --> 00:13:28.666 align:center They covered him and Momo in stone. 00:13:28.750 --> 00:13:29.666 align:center Open them up. 00:13:30.875 --> 00:13:32.875 align:center - Open them all up now! - All right! 00:13:32.958 --> 00:13:34.000 align:center No problem. 00:13:37.666 --> 00:13:40.250 align:center Someone's… fighting me. 00:13:41.541 --> 00:13:44.208 align:center Hands up, Earthbender! Against the wall! 00:13:44.791 --> 00:13:46.333 align:center Aang, Toph, don't fight them! 00:13:46.416 --> 00:13:47.916 align:center Get off! Get off of me! 00:13:49.208 --> 00:13:50.916 align:center Toph? 00:13:51.000 --> 00:13:52.208 align:center Aang! 00:13:54.083 --> 00:13:57.625 align:center Why are you doing this? Let us out! 00:14:32.625 --> 00:14:34.833 align:center I didn't ask you to come after me. 00:14:36.291 --> 00:14:37.541 align:center You did that. 00:14:40.083 --> 00:14:41.666 align:center It was my fight. 00:14:43.791 --> 00:14:45.208 align:center I didn't ask you to. 00:14:48.833 --> 00:14:50.250 align:center You follow me. 00:14:52.458 --> 00:14:54.291 align:center And then you're gonna abandon me? 00:14:57.083 --> 00:14:59.416 align:center You don't get to abandon me. 00:15:03.041 --> 00:15:05.291 align:center You don't get that choice. 00:15:10.875 --> 00:15:12.416 align:center I'm not gonna let you. 00:15:26.916 --> 00:15:28.541 align:center He's not looking so good. 00:15:30.541 --> 00:15:31.625 align:center Sorry, man. 00:15:35.250 --> 00:15:36.666 align:center Sorry about before too. 00:15:38.875 --> 00:15:40.833 align:center I can see you guys have been through it. 00:15:40.916 --> 00:15:42.125 align:center Just like us. 00:15:48.541 --> 00:15:51.458 align:center People are saying we're supposed to get housing assignments 00:15:51.541 --> 00:15:52.750 align:center when we get to the city. 00:15:54.333 --> 00:15:58.250 align:center Like they're gonna give us houses when they won't even give us food on this boat? 00:16:00.000 --> 00:16:01.375 align:center I guess we'll see. 00:16:13.000 --> 00:16:14.750 align:center You know where they do have some food? 00:16:15.333 --> 00:16:17.083 align:center Captain's quarters. 00:16:19.333 --> 00:16:21.125 align:center I saw them taking it up there. 00:16:22.000 --> 00:16:26.958 align:center We're talking about a plan to liberate some meals for ourselves. 00:16:30.000 --> 00:16:31.208 align:center You want in? 00:16:34.416 --> 00:16:35.541 align:center No. 00:16:37.458 --> 00:16:39.166 align:center We're just gonna keep our heads down. 00:16:48.125 --> 00:16:49.791 align:center I bet there's medicine up there too. 00:16:58.333 --> 00:16:59.791 align:center Name and nation of origin. 00:16:59.875 --> 00:17:02.583 align:center Katara of the Southern Water Tribe. I'm traveling with the-- 00:17:06.166 --> 00:17:10.208 align:center Why would you lock us up? We're refugees. We came here for help. 00:17:10.291 --> 00:17:13.333 align:center You're lucky you're not going to holding with the rest of them. 00:17:13.416 --> 00:17:15.166 align:center But you have an influential friend. 00:17:15.833 --> 00:17:17.291 align:center - Katara. - Aang. 00:17:17.375 --> 00:17:19.250 align:center - Oh, you're okay. - Hey. 00:17:19.750 --> 00:17:21.791 align:center I thought they were gonna keep us in there forever. 00:17:22.291 --> 00:17:25.375 align:center Me too, but… Toph got us out. 00:17:25.875 --> 00:17:28.000 align:center I showed them my family's seal. 00:17:28.083 --> 00:17:31.875 align:center Told them that the Beifongs and the Avatar have important business in the city. 00:17:31.958 --> 00:17:35.666 align:center But they'll only let the four of us in. The Avatar's personal retinue. 00:17:36.166 --> 00:17:38.375 align:center We can't leave everyone else in holding cells. 00:17:38.458 --> 00:17:40.333 align:center Hold on. 00:17:40.416 --> 00:17:44.458 align:center It took all the clout of my family name just to do… this. 00:17:44.541 --> 00:17:47.791 align:center We'll go see the Earth King and ask him to help the others. 00:17:47.875 --> 00:17:50.500 align:center Your liaison will take you into the city now. 00:17:50.583 --> 00:17:51.875 align:center Welcome. 00:17:51.958 --> 00:17:53.416 align:center I am Joo Dee. 00:17:53.916 --> 00:17:56.708 align:center I will be your guide and assistant in Ba Sing Se. 00:17:56.791 --> 00:17:59.166 align:center I hope you weren't too inconvenienced on your way in. 00:17:59.750 --> 00:18:01.208 align:center It wasn't great. 00:18:02.916 --> 00:18:04.750 align:center Thank you, Joo Dee. 00:18:05.250 --> 00:18:07.250 align:center We need to see the Earth King right away. 00:18:07.333 --> 00:18:10.333 align:center Oh, I can certainly file a request for an audience. 00:18:10.416 --> 00:18:12.708 align:center Oh, no. You don't understand. 00:18:12.791 --> 00:18:15.500 align:center We have important information about the Fire Nation and the war. 00:18:15.583 --> 00:18:19.375 align:center I'm sorry, Avatar. You may be confused. 00:18:19.875 --> 00:18:22.333 align:center There is no war in Ba Sing Se. 00:18:27.041 --> 00:18:28.708 align:center And that's why the Agrarian Zone, 00:18:28.791 --> 00:18:30.708 align:center with its rivers, forest, and farmland, 00:18:30.791 --> 00:18:34.916 align:center has kept Ba Sing Se self-sustaining for generations. 00:18:36.208 --> 00:18:38.208 align:center Up ahead is the Inner Wall. 00:18:38.291 --> 00:18:40.458 align:center Soon we'll be entering the city proper. 00:18:40.541 --> 00:18:42.291 align:center How long will it take to see the Earth King? 00:18:42.375 --> 00:18:44.708 align:center I'll inquire as soon as we disembark. 00:18:46.166 --> 00:18:47.541 align:center Here is the city now. 00:19:03.791 --> 00:19:06.708 align:center This is the eclectic Lower Ring. 00:19:08.041 --> 00:19:12.250 align:center Home to our hardworking tradespeople and artisans. 00:19:12.791 --> 00:19:17.291 align:center Joo Dee, my sky bison could just fly alongside us. 00:19:17.375 --> 00:19:19.708 align:center Then your Earthbenders wouldn't need to push him. 00:19:19.791 --> 00:19:20.750 align:center Oh. 00:19:20.833 --> 00:19:24.166 align:center I'm afraid the citizens of Ba Sing Se would find that distressing. 00:19:24.250 --> 00:19:26.833 align:center This city is a no-fly zone. 00:19:27.416 --> 00:19:29.500 align:center If you look ahead, you can see the Middle Ring, 00:19:29.583 --> 00:19:32.833 align:center containing our best shops, restaurants, and schools. 00:19:32.916 --> 00:19:34.250 align:center Oh, shops? 00:19:34.750 --> 00:19:36.208 align:center We don't have time for shopping. 00:19:36.291 --> 00:19:38.791 align:center Would it be possible to take us directly to the Earth King? 00:19:38.875 --> 00:19:42.291 align:center It'd be impolite if I did not escort you to your lodgings first. 00:19:42.375 --> 00:19:46.541 align:center I am thrilled to tell you the Avatar villa is situated in the Upper Ring. 00:19:46.625 --> 00:19:49.583 align:center That's where our royalty and nobility reside. 00:19:49.666 --> 00:19:52.875 align:center It is an elegant neighborhood with gardens and spas. 00:19:52.958 --> 00:19:55.666 align:center We're right next to the Earth King. Great! 00:19:55.750 --> 00:19:57.375 align:center - Maybe we could-- - Actually! 00:19:57.458 --> 00:20:01.833 align:center Friends, I think we all would enjoy a little respite. 00:20:01.916 --> 00:20:04.708 align:center Ba Sing Se is famous for its hospitality. 00:20:04.791 --> 00:20:09.791 align:center We consider it a privilege to be hosting the Avatar, Toph Beifong, 00:20:09.875 --> 00:20:12.458 align:center and esteemed members of the Southern Water Tribe. 00:20:12.541 --> 00:20:14.083 align:center I'll be back with refreshments. 00:20:14.958 --> 00:20:17.041 align:center Everyone, pipe down! 00:20:17.125 --> 00:20:19.958 align:center Can't you dummies tell? We're being handled. 00:20:20.541 --> 00:20:22.666 align:center - What does that mean? - Okay. 00:20:23.333 --> 00:20:25.500 align:center A city is like a giant machine. 00:20:25.583 --> 00:20:28.833 align:center But instead of steam or coal, it runs on bureaucracy. 00:20:28.916 --> 00:20:31.500 align:center Yeah, we have bureaucracy in the Southern Water Tribe too. 00:20:31.583 --> 00:20:34.375 align:center All requests have to go through me… and then Gran Gran. 00:20:35.041 --> 00:20:37.208 align:center Yes, bureaucracy is people. 00:20:37.291 --> 00:20:41.166 align:center But here, bureaucracy is a bunch of useless people 00:20:41.250 --> 00:20:43.458 align:center standing between you and what you want. 00:20:43.541 --> 00:20:45.583 align:center They handle your requests. 00:20:45.666 --> 00:20:47.666 align:center And you have to make them feel important. 00:20:47.750 --> 00:20:52.666 align:center Otherwise, they just kick you back to the start of this great, stupid maze. 00:20:52.750 --> 00:20:55.333 align:center That's why we have to be nice to Joo Dee. 00:20:55.416 --> 00:20:58.125 align:center Otherwise, we lose our only connection to the king. 00:20:58.208 --> 00:21:00.041 align:center Just trust me, okay? 00:21:00.125 --> 00:21:01.291 align:center I know cities. 00:21:01.375 --> 00:21:05.666 align:center You may know cities, but you're new to how this Avatar thing works. 00:21:05.750 --> 00:21:07.458 align:center - Aang is important. - Uh-huh. 00:21:07.541 --> 00:21:10.666 align:center He's so important that I had to rescue him from prison! 00:21:13.666 --> 00:21:16.916 align:center We hope you'll find the villa satisfactory. 00:21:17.000 --> 00:21:20.666 align:center It is where we've hosted many Avatars of the past. 00:21:21.291 --> 00:21:25.666 align:center All meals will be delivered promptly by your personal caterer. 00:21:25.750 --> 00:21:28.875 align:center And beyond that are your private suites. 00:21:28.958 --> 00:21:32.541 align:center Your sky bison will stay in the adjoining barn. 00:21:34.500 --> 00:21:35.333 align:center Excuse me. 00:21:35.833 --> 00:21:36.666 align:center Hello. 00:21:38.833 --> 00:21:40.333 align:center I'm so glad I caught you. 00:21:40.833 --> 00:21:42.208 align:center I am Long Feng. 00:21:42.708 --> 00:21:43.958 align:center Cultural Minister. 00:21:45.666 --> 00:21:47.250 align:center This is Minister Long Feng. 00:21:47.333 --> 00:21:51.083 align:center He's the senior official who oversees cultural life in the city. 00:21:51.166 --> 00:21:52.083 align:center I have news for you. 00:21:52.166 --> 00:21:55.875 align:center But first, before that, if you would indulge me, 00:21:57.541 --> 00:22:00.458 align:center I brought some… welcome gifts. 00:22:02.750 --> 00:22:04.541 align:center - Here. - Huh. Thanks. 00:22:04.625 --> 00:22:05.791 align:center And, uh… 00:22:07.333 --> 00:22:08.958 align:center Candied sea prunes? 00:22:09.041 --> 00:22:10.958 align:center - Miss Beifong. - Just like home. 00:22:17.083 --> 00:22:20.083 align:center Is this… mineral salt to soak my feet? 00:22:20.166 --> 00:22:22.541 align:center Earthbending can get tiring. 00:22:26.250 --> 00:22:28.416 align:center A stone from the top of the Eastern Air Temple. 00:22:30.291 --> 00:22:32.666 align:center The ancestral home of the sky bison. 00:22:33.250 --> 00:22:36.041 align:center And also the birthplace of airbending. 00:22:36.625 --> 00:22:38.708 align:center I hope, uh, this is appropriate. 00:22:38.791 --> 00:22:42.583 align:center What do you give an Air Nomad who is in want of nothing? 00:22:43.291 --> 00:22:44.750 align:center That's where I met Appa. 00:22:45.250 --> 00:22:46.791 align:center I'll keep this with me always. 00:22:48.458 --> 00:22:50.125 align:center And now for the news. 00:22:50.208 --> 00:22:54.208 align:center The king has granted asylum to all Omashan refugees. 00:22:54.291 --> 00:22:57.166 align:center We are in the process of settling them in the Lower Ring 00:22:57.250 --> 00:23:01.416 align:center and providing them with food vouchers, necessities, and stipends 00:23:02.000 --> 00:23:03.291 align:center until they find work. 00:23:03.375 --> 00:23:08.041 align:center All I ask is, uh… if you can confirm this roster. 00:23:08.541 --> 00:23:11.083 align:center - Don't want to miss anyone. - Yes, of course. 00:23:12.416 --> 00:23:13.625 align:center Yeah, everyone's accounted for. 00:23:13.708 --> 00:23:16.833 align:center Yeah, Suki and the other Kyoshi Warriors are listed… 00:23:17.458 --> 00:23:18.541 align:center Could we see them? 00:23:18.625 --> 00:23:20.875 align:center - Uh, see… see everyone? - Of course. 00:23:21.875 --> 00:23:24.625 align:center Could you arrange a carriage, please, Joo Dee? 00:23:27.125 --> 00:23:29.833 align:center I've also heard you wish to speak to King Kuei. 00:23:30.416 --> 00:23:34.333 align:center As it happens, the king is having a party at the Royal Palace tonight, 00:23:34.416 --> 00:23:37.375 align:center and he would like for you to be his honored guests. 00:23:37.875 --> 00:23:39.583 align:center We would like that very much. 00:23:39.666 --> 00:23:40.958 align:center It's settled, then. 00:23:41.833 --> 00:23:45.125 align:center You visit your friends, some rest, and a party. 00:23:46.000 --> 00:23:47.125 align:center I must say 00:23:48.416 --> 00:23:51.250 align:center it is the honor of a lifetime 00:23:51.791 --> 00:23:55.125 align:center to be helping the Avatar and his companions. 00:23:57.333 --> 00:24:00.583 align:center Honor of a lifetime to help the Avatar. 00:24:00.666 --> 00:24:01.666 align:center See, Toph? 00:24:01.750 --> 00:24:03.083 align:center No, I don't. 00:24:03.166 --> 00:24:05.416 align:center Oh. No, no I'm… I didn't mean it-- 00:24:05.500 --> 00:24:07.958 align:center Yeah, yeah, as fun as it is to listen to you squirm, 00:24:08.041 --> 00:24:09.625 align:center you're still wrong. 00:24:09.708 --> 00:24:12.375 align:center This will not be as easy as he makes it sound. 00:24:13.041 --> 00:24:15.250 align:center Whatever. Ignore me at your peril. 00:24:17.291 --> 00:24:18.833 align:center Great. I wanna call this room. 00:24:18.916 --> 00:24:20.958 align:center - I'm gonna go in here. Yeah. - What? No, what? 00:24:21.041 --> 00:24:21.875 align:center I wanted this one. 00:24:21.958 --> 00:24:24.083 align:center - I really like it. - I like it too. 00:24:31.541 --> 00:24:33.125 align:center So where'd Teo go? 00:24:33.708 --> 00:24:35.791 align:center He wanted to be more helpful with the war effort, 00:24:35.875 --> 00:24:38.041 align:center so he left to find some resistance fighters 00:24:38.125 --> 00:24:40.375 align:center that Kyoshi Warriors told him about in the North. 00:24:40.458 --> 00:24:41.666 align:center He brought my designs 00:24:42.375 --> 00:24:45.708 align:center so he could build more gliders and teach others how to 00:24:46.708 --> 00:24:49.125 align:center fight the Fire Nation from the air. 00:24:53.625 --> 00:24:54.958 align:center I'm so proud of him. 00:24:58.625 --> 00:25:02.416 align:center They said there would be no flying over the city, and 00:25:04.083 --> 00:25:05.166 align:center Teo's a flyer. 00:25:08.083 --> 00:25:09.250 align:center I'm sorry. 00:25:14.541 --> 00:25:15.458 align:center Sokka, 00:25:16.291 --> 00:25:18.375 align:center the Kyoshi Warriors have left the city too. 00:25:19.083 --> 00:25:20.291 align:center Suki said 00:25:21.166 --> 00:25:25.125 align:center there was no need for warriors in a city with no war. 00:25:30.750 --> 00:25:31.583 align:center Uh… 00:25:32.166 --> 00:25:33.583 align:center Did she say anything else? 00:25:35.875 --> 00:25:37.458 align:center No, she didn't. 00:25:41.291 --> 00:25:42.208 align:center Um… uh, 00:25:42.291 --> 00:25:45.791 align:center well, you're busy here, so… uh, I'll leave you to it. 00:25:45.875 --> 00:25:48.583 align:center Sokka. Sokka, if you wanted to come back tomorrow to help me, 00:25:48.666 --> 00:25:50.416 align:center I could use your thoughts and… 00:25:52.625 --> 00:25:55.416 align:center if you wanted to come back tomorrow just to talk, I'm here for that too. 00:25:58.916 --> 00:25:59.791 align:center Thanks. 00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:11.416 align:center You know, yesterday, 00:26:12.208 --> 00:26:14.291 align:center I didn't know if we'd see another sunrise. 00:26:15.208 --> 00:26:19.250 align:center And now I'm thinking about opening a flower shop again. 00:26:24.041 --> 00:26:26.041 align:center Praying to the Painted Lady worked. 00:26:26.125 --> 00:26:28.875 align:center Well, prayers only work when we act on them, right? 00:26:37.583 --> 00:26:39.125 align:center Diya, what happened? 00:26:39.750 --> 00:26:43.083 align:center A spider bit her when we were locked in that room. 00:26:44.166 --> 00:26:48.666 align:center I made a balm with aloe berries, but it doesn't look like it's helping. 00:26:49.916 --> 00:26:51.541 align:center Well, venom is a liquid. 00:26:52.250 --> 00:26:53.833 align:center Maybe I can bend it out. 00:26:54.583 --> 00:26:55.666 align:center Can I see your arm? 00:27:07.250 --> 00:27:08.250 align:center Ow! 00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:10.000 align:center I'm sorry. 00:27:12.333 --> 00:27:14.041 align:center I guess I can't do it. 00:27:14.125 --> 00:27:15.750 align:center It's a shame we don't have golden nettle. 00:27:15.833 --> 00:27:19.291 align:center Then I could make a poultice that would just clear it right up, but 00:27:20.000 --> 00:27:21.500 align:center it's really rare. 00:27:21.583 --> 00:27:23.416 align:center Thanks for trying, Katara. 00:27:24.750 --> 00:27:27.208 align:center Katara, there you are. 00:27:29.416 --> 00:27:32.541 align:center You must inform me if you are going to depart from the group. 00:27:33.541 --> 00:27:35.833 align:center I was just saying hi to Amita. 00:27:35.916 --> 00:27:39.083 align:center But I was meant to escort you on your visit to the Lower Ring. 00:27:39.166 --> 00:27:41.125 align:center We must keep to the itinerary. 00:27:41.958 --> 00:27:44.416 align:center Are you saying I can't just walk around and talk to people? 00:27:44.500 --> 00:27:46.250 align:center Of course that's not what I'm saying. 00:27:46.333 --> 00:27:50.791 align:center I only want to ensure that the Avatar and his companions remain in good standing 00:27:50.875 --> 00:27:54.583 align:center while their request to speak with the Earth King is in process. 00:27:55.666 --> 00:27:57.291 align:center Visiting hours are over now. 00:27:57.791 --> 00:27:59.583 align:center Yeah, I'm telling you, it was weird. 00:27:59.666 --> 00:28:02.750 align:center Like I've been telling you, you've gotta play along. 00:28:02.833 --> 00:28:06.083 align:center It feels wrong talking about the war dressed so… fancy. 00:28:06.166 --> 00:28:09.000 align:center That's gorgeous! I mean, so is mine, but… 00:28:09.500 --> 00:28:10.750 align:center What is this, silk? 00:28:10.833 --> 00:28:13.416 align:center They even gave us makeup. 00:28:13.500 --> 00:28:16.166 align:center When the Kyoshi Warriors put on makeup, it's to go to battle. 00:28:16.250 --> 00:28:18.500 align:center A party is a battle! 00:28:19.666 --> 00:28:23.875 align:center There is nothing less enjoyable than a high-society soirée. 00:28:24.500 --> 00:28:27.166 align:center Everybody is there because they want something, 00:28:27.250 --> 00:28:29.125 align:center and nobody is there to have fun. 00:28:30.625 --> 00:28:32.625 align:center Take the four of us, for example. 00:28:33.208 --> 00:28:35.541 align:center We're all going so we can speak to the king, 00:28:35.625 --> 00:28:37.958 align:center which means we all better make a good impression 00:28:38.041 --> 00:28:42.750 align:center and behave like elites worthy of his divine royal audience. 00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:46.083 align:center That means bowing correctly. 00:28:48.208 --> 00:28:51.333 align:center Always saying "yes," even when you mean "no." 00:28:51.416 --> 00:28:56.208 align:center Or even better, just say, "Huh, perhaps" to everything. 00:28:56.791 --> 00:29:00.291 align:center Speak agreeably, always with a faint smile. 00:29:01.166 --> 00:29:04.708 align:center But you do not wanna show teeth. You never wanna show teeth. 00:29:06.291 --> 00:29:07.500 align:center Uh… 00:29:07.583 --> 00:29:09.833 align:center No, Sokka. I don't think it's that. 00:29:09.916 --> 00:29:11.375 align:center I think I prefer a real battle. 00:29:11.458 --> 00:29:13.833 align:center I think I prefer the Kyoshi Warriors. 00:29:13.916 --> 00:29:16.958 align:center Perhaps I should have accepted Suki's offer. 00:29:17.041 --> 00:29:18.625 align:center - When did she ask? - Suki asked you? 00:29:18.708 --> 00:29:20.000 align:center - Did she send a hawk-- - You going? 00:29:20.083 --> 00:29:23.500 align:center No, it was before we got here, and I didn't say yes, obviously. 00:29:23.583 --> 00:29:29.000 align:center I just… thought it was nice that she thought I was worthy. 00:29:39.375 --> 00:29:44.916 align:center Well, as long as Toph is here to guide us, we'll be okay. 00:29:46.083 --> 00:29:51.041 align:center - It'll be like parties your parents host. - Oh, no, Avatar, this will be much worse. 00:30:06.416 --> 00:30:08.833 align:center It's customary to enter the party in pairs. 00:30:23.750 --> 00:30:24.625 align:center Yeah? 00:30:27.291 --> 00:30:28.250 align:center You look… 00:30:30.250 --> 00:30:31.083 align:center nice. 00:30:31.833 --> 00:30:32.750 align:center So do you. 00:30:34.291 --> 00:30:35.958 align:center Aang, no teeth. 00:30:37.625 --> 00:30:38.500 align:center Right. 00:31:11.750 --> 00:31:16.666 align:center How brave you are to dress so rustically in the palace. 00:31:17.375 --> 00:31:19.500 align:center Well, they actually told us to wear these… 00:31:19.583 --> 00:31:20.958 align:center Right, yeah. 00:31:21.041 --> 00:31:22.250 align:center May I? 00:31:22.333 --> 00:31:23.208 align:center Oh… 00:31:25.291 --> 00:31:28.791 align:center It's said a visit from the Avatar brings good fortune. 00:31:28.875 --> 00:31:31.375 align:center I just opened a lakefront estate. 00:31:31.458 --> 00:31:36.083 align:center Perhaps, madam, if the Avatar can find room in his schedule. 00:31:36.166 --> 00:31:38.375 align:center We came here to deliver a group of refugees. 00:31:38.458 --> 00:31:40.833 align:center Their city was overtaken by a Fire Nation army. 00:31:40.916 --> 00:31:43.166 align:center Fire Nation still has an army? 00:31:43.250 --> 00:31:44.333 align:center No! 00:31:44.416 --> 00:31:48.708 align:center They stopped fighting after we drove them from our walls in defeat. 00:31:48.791 --> 00:31:52.250 align:center The Fire Nation hasn't stopped fighting for a hundred years. 00:31:52.333 --> 00:31:54.541 align:center All over the Earth Kingdom, they're waging war. 00:31:54.625 --> 00:31:57.041 align:center There is no war in Ba Sing Se. 00:31:58.500 --> 00:32:02.208 align:center General Sung, Supreme Commander of the Forces of the Outer Wall. 00:32:02.291 --> 00:32:05.750 align:center So you're the Avatar who caused us so much trouble. 00:32:06.500 --> 00:32:07.625 align:center Mmm. 00:32:07.708 --> 00:32:09.625 align:center How do you do, General? 00:32:09.708 --> 00:32:13.625 align:center We owe all our thanks to your soldiers for granting us entry into the city. 00:32:14.208 --> 00:32:16.375 align:center At least he's in the good company of a Beifong. 00:32:16.458 --> 00:32:20.291 align:center Yes, well, I have been teaching him the ways of the city. 00:32:22.541 --> 00:32:25.791 align:center General, you know the Fire Nation hasn't stopped fighting. 00:32:25.875 --> 00:32:28.375 align:center We have an urgent message that we need to tell the king. 00:32:28.458 --> 00:32:31.500 align:center After the failed siege, the wall was fortified. 00:32:31.583 --> 00:32:35.208 align:center Ba Sing Se will remain impenetrable for centuries to come. 00:32:36.333 --> 00:32:39.708 align:center Out there, the Fire Nation is growing in power. 00:32:39.791 --> 00:32:42.500 align:center What does "out there" have to do with us? 00:32:45.375 --> 00:32:47.583 align:center It's best if you accelerate his education. 00:32:56.375 --> 00:33:01.666 align:center I heard a terrible rumor that your people eat sea prune? 00:33:02.958 --> 00:33:04.291 align:center That's actually true. 00:33:04.375 --> 00:33:05.333 align:center Oh. 00:33:05.416 --> 00:33:09.708 align:center Well, here, our people drink cactus juice. 00:33:11.333 --> 00:33:12.166 align:center Okay. 00:33:12.750 --> 00:33:14.458 align:center I wouldn't do that if I were you. 00:33:14.958 --> 00:33:18.000 align:center It's harvested from cacti native to the Si Wong Desert 00:33:18.083 --> 00:33:21.375 align:center that secretes the juice as a defense mechanism against predators. 00:33:21.875 --> 00:33:23.791 align:center It interferes with brain activity. 00:33:23.875 --> 00:33:26.458 align:center Sometimes… permanently. 00:33:26.541 --> 00:33:29.000 align:center Ah, this guy is such a bore. 00:33:30.958 --> 00:33:34.833 align:center I'm Zei, Professor of Anthropology at Ba Sing Se University. 00:33:34.916 --> 00:33:36.083 align:center I'm Sokka. 00:33:36.958 --> 00:33:37.791 align:center Uh… 00:33:38.291 --> 00:33:40.416 align:center Oh, I believe this is the traditional greeting 00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:42.500 align:center for men of the Southern Water Tribe. 00:33:43.541 --> 00:33:44.583 align:center Is that okay? 00:33:45.250 --> 00:33:46.083 align:center Yeah, it's great! 00:34:09.875 --> 00:34:12.000 align:center Those are the crates with the food. 00:34:45.875 --> 00:34:47.291 align:center What's taking so long? 00:34:47.375 --> 00:34:49.291 align:center Jet, there's a lot more food here. 00:34:49.375 --> 00:34:50.291 align:center So? 00:34:50.791 --> 00:34:53.333 align:center - We could feed the others. - What others? 00:35:17.000 --> 00:35:18.916 align:center We gotta go. Someone's coming. 00:35:41.291 --> 00:35:42.458 align:center Thanks. 00:36:00.708 --> 00:36:02.291 align:center Yoo-hoo! Toph Beifong! 00:36:03.500 --> 00:36:06.208 align:center So glad you could come to Ba Sing Se. 00:36:06.291 --> 00:36:09.291 align:center I'm sorry. I don't believe we've met, Lady-- 00:36:09.375 --> 00:36:13.541 align:center Lord and Lady Ouyang. We're friends of your father's. 00:36:14.416 --> 00:36:17.208 align:center - Are you here to accept the proposal? - Proposal? 00:36:17.291 --> 00:36:21.166 align:center Our son's marriage proposal that was sent to your parents' winter manor? 00:36:22.750 --> 00:36:23.916 align:center Um… 00:36:24.000 --> 00:36:27.916 align:center Perhaps I should send a hawk to my parents to inquire further. 00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:31.416 align:center Have they received our son's portrait as well? 00:36:31.500 --> 00:36:35.250 align:center His name is Pan Hua. He manages our newest restaurant. 00:36:35.333 --> 00:36:36.166 align:center Charming. 00:36:36.250 --> 00:36:37.291 align:center Oh, yes. 00:36:37.375 --> 00:36:41.250 align:center Isn't he the young man who managed your former restaurant into the ground? 00:36:41.333 --> 00:36:44.625 align:center Doesn't your son take a carriage to the Middle Ring 00:36:44.708 --> 00:36:46.750 align:center to study at a trade college? 00:36:46.833 --> 00:36:50.000 align:center At least my son is getting an education, unlike some people. 00:36:50.083 --> 00:36:52.541 align:center Our son's restaurant is the talk of the palace. 00:36:52.625 --> 00:36:57.291 align:center We have, like, a spherical roof with no internal pillars. 00:36:57.375 --> 00:37:02.083 align:center That way, the pressure is distributed evenly from the top down. 00:37:02.166 --> 00:37:04.125 align:center The snow bricks support themselves. 00:37:04.208 --> 00:37:06.333 align:center Wow. Domed ice houses. 00:37:06.416 --> 00:37:08.583 align:center - Mm-hmm. - Huh! So ingenious! 00:37:09.083 --> 00:37:12.041 align:center See, we… we do everything practically. 00:37:12.125 --> 00:37:16.208 align:center And what was the practical purpose of domesticating the otter penguin? 00:37:17.250 --> 00:37:18.333 align:center Uh… 00:37:19.708 --> 00:37:20.708 align:center Companionship. 00:37:21.208 --> 00:37:23.375 align:center - Ha! Well said. - Yep. 00:37:23.875 --> 00:37:25.708 align:center So you were in the Northern Water Tribe, right? 00:37:25.791 --> 00:37:27.666 align:center Oh, I have so many questions. 00:37:28.583 --> 00:37:29.666 align:center Oh, about the North? 00:37:29.750 --> 00:37:32.708 align:center Yes, I'm interested in their spiritual leadership structure. 00:37:33.500 --> 00:37:34.333 align:center Right. 00:37:34.416 --> 00:37:37.291 align:center Now, I've read that they have a patriarchal society, 00:37:37.375 --> 00:37:39.916 align:center but that spiritual leadership can be undertaken by women. 00:37:40.000 --> 00:37:41.833 align:center And it feels like a little contradiction, 00:37:41.916 --> 00:37:47.166 align:center except that the spiritual leader seems to be chosen by the ocean or moon spirit. 00:37:47.250 --> 00:37:49.333 align:center I suppose they don't really have a gender… 00:37:49.416 --> 00:37:50.500 align:center Please don't. 00:37:50.583 --> 00:37:53.166 align:center Please, you don't have to do this. Yue! 00:37:59.625 --> 00:38:00.500 align:center Golden nettle. 00:38:01.666 --> 00:38:03.041 align:center Lovely, no? 00:38:03.125 --> 00:38:05.541 align:center The king cultivates them in his private garden. 00:38:06.750 --> 00:38:08.291 align:center Lovely, yes. 00:38:10.250 --> 00:38:12.875 align:center They have tons of medicinal properties too. 00:38:13.375 --> 00:38:16.166 align:center People could use them. People in the Lower Ring. 00:38:16.250 --> 00:38:17.208 align:center I like how they smell. 00:38:34.000 --> 00:38:35.708 align:center - Proposals? - Mm-hmm. 00:38:35.791 --> 00:38:37.041 align:center Who'd wanna marry her? 00:38:37.125 --> 00:38:39.000 align:center What instrument could she even play? 00:38:39.083 --> 00:38:41.166 align:center The dinner gong. 00:38:42.833 --> 00:38:45.458 align:center These people are only after her fortune. 00:38:45.541 --> 00:38:47.500 align:center If only the Beifongs had a son. 00:38:48.625 --> 00:38:49.708 align:center Do you think her parents… 00:38:49.791 --> 00:38:50.750 align:center Toph. 00:38:52.375 --> 00:38:54.166 align:center Leave it, and don't make a scene. 00:38:54.750 --> 00:38:55.625 align:center But they're being-- 00:38:55.708 --> 00:38:58.000 align:center I said don't make a scene, sugar queen. 00:38:58.583 --> 00:39:00.666 align:center How embarrassing. 00:39:00.750 --> 00:39:02.875 align:center Her makeup looks like a baboon's butt. 00:39:07.583 --> 00:39:08.500 align:center Oh my God! 00:39:08.583 --> 00:39:10.625 align:center What happened? 00:39:10.708 --> 00:39:11.583 align:center My makeup! 00:39:11.666 --> 00:39:12.583 align:center My makeup! 00:39:12.666 --> 00:39:13.958 align:center Our makeup! 00:39:16.250 --> 00:39:18.875 align:center Did you just bend their drinks into their faces? 00:39:18.958 --> 00:39:21.750 align:center Well, I'm not gonna let anyone talk about my friend like that. 00:39:23.791 --> 00:39:24.750 align:center Your friend? 00:39:25.916 --> 00:39:28.166 align:center Yeah, Toph. You're my friend. 00:39:28.666 --> 00:39:32.500 align:center We went through a lot to get here. How could we not be friends? 00:39:33.625 --> 00:39:35.833 align:center I mean, I've been kind of mean to you. 00:39:37.250 --> 00:39:38.708 align:center Mostly, you just tell the truth. 00:39:41.083 --> 00:39:43.125 align:center You just don't do it very nicely. 00:39:46.166 --> 00:39:47.083 align:center Yeah. 00:39:47.833 --> 00:39:49.125 align:center I don't. I'm… 00:39:49.625 --> 00:39:50.750 align:center I'm not nice. 00:39:51.833 --> 00:39:53.625 align:center That's my problem. 00:39:54.208 --> 00:39:55.833 align:center I've been too nice lately! 00:39:56.583 --> 00:39:59.375 align:center - Well, that's not quite what I was-- - Thank you, Katara. 00:39:59.458 --> 00:40:02.416 align:center And hey, if you ever need me to drop a big ol' rock on someone's head, 00:40:02.500 --> 00:40:04.083 align:center just say the word. 00:40:05.333 --> 00:40:06.458 align:center Uh… 00:40:11.291 --> 00:40:13.333 align:center Toph, everybody's talking to me. I-- 00:40:14.666 --> 00:40:17.083 align:center I ran away from home, like, a really comfortable home, 00:40:17.166 --> 00:40:18.625 align:center to try and teach you. 00:40:18.708 --> 00:40:20.458 align:center - I know. - Be quiet. 00:40:21.208 --> 00:40:24.458 align:center I crossed half the Earth Kingdom on foot just to get here. 00:40:24.541 --> 00:40:26.791 align:center - Well… - To the city, which I hate. 00:40:26.875 --> 00:40:30.041 align:center And I had to use my name, which I never wanted to do again. 00:40:30.125 --> 00:40:35.166 align:center And now every conniving sycophant is socially climbing out of the walls 00:40:35.250 --> 00:40:37.666 align:center to try and marry me, which I don't wanna do. 00:40:38.250 --> 00:40:42.333 align:center All to teach the Avatar to earthbend, and you can't even kick a rock. 00:40:42.916 --> 00:40:44.541 align:center - But-- - But what? 00:40:45.416 --> 00:40:46.375 align:center I'll work harder. 00:40:47.333 --> 00:40:49.458 align:center No. You won't. 00:40:50.375 --> 00:40:51.833 align:center You wanna know why? 00:40:51.916 --> 00:40:53.333 align:center Because I quit. 00:40:54.000 --> 00:40:55.541 align:center - You can't quit. - I can quit. 00:40:55.625 --> 00:40:57.666 align:center You can't learn. 00:40:58.375 --> 00:41:01.458 align:center How am I supposed to learn? All you do is shout at me. 00:41:01.541 --> 00:41:04.333 align:center Oh! Maybe it's 'cause you don't listen! 00:41:04.416 --> 00:41:07.083 align:center No wonder it took you years to learn how to waterbend. 00:41:07.166 --> 00:41:09.166 align:center At least I had a good teacher for that. 00:41:09.250 --> 00:41:11.750 align:center Oh, okay. So you think this is my fault? 00:41:12.333 --> 00:41:14.250 align:center - Maybe. - Maybe? 00:41:14.333 --> 00:41:17.041 align:center Okay, well, maybe you'll never learn this. 00:41:17.125 --> 00:41:20.250 align:center Maybe water and air is all you'll ever bend. 00:41:20.333 --> 00:41:23.541 align:center Maybe you're nothing but a half-atar. 00:41:24.083 --> 00:41:25.208 align:center Enough! 00:41:31.625 --> 00:41:32.708 align:center You did it. 00:41:33.500 --> 00:41:35.791 align:center While we were arguing, you held your ground. 00:41:36.666 --> 00:41:38.000 align:center I did it. 00:41:38.083 --> 00:41:40.416 align:center I held my ground, and I earthbent! 00:41:42.041 --> 00:41:44.333 align:center I'm the greatest earthbending teacher in the world! 00:41:46.041 --> 00:41:47.500 align:center Here you are. 00:41:49.125 --> 00:41:50.083 align:center Here I am. 00:41:52.500 --> 00:41:53.708 align:center Are you okay? 00:41:55.791 --> 00:41:57.875 align:center I messed it all up with Suki. 00:41:59.708 --> 00:42:00.750 align:center Suki? 00:42:01.458 --> 00:42:02.583 align:center No, Suki likes you. 00:42:02.666 --> 00:42:04.875 align:center Yeah, she did, and I liked her. 00:42:04.958 --> 00:42:06.291 align:center And then I just 00:42:07.500 --> 00:42:08.583 align:center pushed her away! 00:42:08.666 --> 00:42:11.250 align:center And I didn't even get to apologize when she was 00:42:12.166 --> 00:42:13.250 align:center right there. 00:42:14.416 --> 00:42:16.583 align:center She was right there. 00:42:18.958 --> 00:42:20.875 align:center I was about to tell her I was sorry. 00:42:20.958 --> 00:42:23.791 align:center And before I could open my mouth, a wall came up between us. 00:42:24.916 --> 00:42:27.708 align:center She was here, and then she was gone. 00:42:29.250 --> 00:42:31.250 align:center I don't know why I pushed her away. 00:42:33.458 --> 00:42:34.583 align:center Sokka, 00:42:35.375 --> 00:42:37.291 align:center why do you think you might have? 00:42:38.333 --> 00:42:39.375 align:center Because… 00:42:42.833 --> 00:42:43.708 align:center Yue. 00:42:46.541 --> 00:42:49.916 align:center I didn't wanna lose Suki the same way I lost Yue, 00:42:50.000 --> 00:42:51.541 align:center but I lost her anyway. 00:42:52.541 --> 00:42:54.083 align:center Why am I not over this? 00:42:54.833 --> 00:42:56.333 align:center What is wrong with me? 00:43:00.250 --> 00:43:01.250 align:center Sokka. 00:43:02.291 --> 00:43:04.250 align:center That's not how grief works. 00:43:05.833 --> 00:43:07.666 align:center So what? I'm just gonna be screwed up forever, 00:43:07.750 --> 00:43:10.750 align:center never knowing if something's gonna tip me over the edge? 00:43:10.833 --> 00:43:12.125 align:center I don't know. 00:43:18.000 --> 00:43:19.541 align:center I'm not over Mom. 00:43:23.500 --> 00:43:26.750 align:center There will never be a day that I don't think about Mom. 00:43:31.333 --> 00:43:32.666 align:center But I guess… 00:43:34.666 --> 00:43:36.375 align:center that's why I've got you. 00:43:36.958 --> 00:43:38.250 align:center And you've got me. 00:43:40.833 --> 00:43:43.583 align:center Let's just talk about these things from now on. 00:43:44.666 --> 00:43:45.583 align:center Yeah. 00:43:48.791 --> 00:43:49.750 align:center I'd like that. 00:43:53.708 --> 00:43:54.791 align:center What is that? 00:43:58.458 --> 00:44:00.583 align:center Um… it's cactus juice. 00:44:22.000 --> 00:44:22.916 align:center Now's my chance. 00:44:23.000 --> 00:44:24.750 align:center Wait, don't forget to bow. 00:44:29.250 --> 00:44:30.458 align:center I'm Avatar Aang. I must-- 00:44:30.541 --> 00:44:31.458 align:center Step back. 00:44:32.750 --> 00:44:34.166 align:center I must speak with-- 00:44:34.250 --> 00:44:36.958 align:center Step… back. 00:44:38.125 --> 00:44:39.458 align:center Avatar Aang, 00:44:40.750 --> 00:44:43.791 align:center you… you can't approach the king like that. 00:44:46.041 --> 00:44:47.166 align:center Come. 00:44:48.875 --> 00:44:50.958 align:center I have a message that the king needs to hear. 00:44:53.000 --> 00:44:55.000 align:center Please, Long Feng. It's important. 00:44:57.208 --> 00:44:58.833 align:center I'll ask if he'll see you. 00:45:00.625 --> 00:45:01.583 align:center Thank you. 00:45:02.083 --> 00:45:02.958 align:center Okay. 00:45:55.333 --> 00:45:56.416 align:center Of course. 00:45:57.250 --> 00:45:58.125 align:center Thank you. 00:46:00.125 --> 00:46:01.125 align:center Here you go. 00:46:03.625 --> 00:46:05.375 align:center Oh, bless you. 00:46:12.666 --> 00:46:13.625 align:center Jet. 00:46:35.791 --> 00:46:38.083 align:center It's okay. It's willow bark tea. 00:46:50.083 --> 00:46:51.333 align:center It's bracing. 00:46:54.083 --> 00:46:55.583 align:center But it'll do the job. 00:47:00.500 --> 00:47:01.958 align:center You look different. 00:47:03.541 --> 00:47:04.458 align:center Do I? 00:47:12.708 --> 00:47:14.666 align:center Share these with the others. 00:47:18.041 --> 00:47:19.166 align:center Thank you. 00:47:44.375 --> 00:47:45.625 align:center A hundred years ago, 00:47:45.708 --> 00:47:48.875 align:center the Fire Nation used the comet's power to kill the Air Nomads. 00:47:48.958 --> 00:47:52.541 align:center So it only makes sense that they would do the same thing again. 00:47:52.625 --> 00:47:54.208 align:center And it's on its way back. 00:47:54.291 --> 00:47:56.208 align:center Our friend Sai has proof. 00:47:57.291 --> 00:47:59.083 align:center This is grave indeed. 00:47:59.166 --> 00:48:02.750 align:center Now you know why I need to tell the Earth King as soon as possible. 00:48:08.375 --> 00:48:10.750 align:center There is something 00:48:12.500 --> 00:48:14.333 align:center you should know about the king. 00:48:15.041 --> 00:48:16.333 align:center He is beloved. 00:48:16.833 --> 00:48:19.708 align:center But he can be a difficult man, 00:48:19.791 --> 00:48:21.958 align:center rigidly adhering to rituals 00:48:22.041 --> 00:48:25.125 align:center and ruling Ba Sing Se like it was his perfect domain. 00:48:25.208 --> 00:48:29.083 align:center He'll close his mind to any news that goes against his point of view. 00:48:29.583 --> 00:48:31.541 align:center Just like the people at the party. 00:48:32.208 --> 00:48:35.000 align:center It's like they don't even know there's a war going on. 00:48:35.083 --> 00:48:36.291 align:center Exactly. 00:48:36.791 --> 00:48:38.541 align:center And this is because of the king. 00:48:39.041 --> 00:48:41.625 align:center He forbids people to speak of war. 00:48:41.708 --> 00:48:42.958 align:center And anyone who mentions it 00:48:43.041 --> 00:48:46.333 align:center attracts the attention of the king's guards, the Dai Li. 00:48:46.416 --> 00:48:49.541 align:center They are his eyes and ears everywhere in the city. 00:48:50.083 --> 00:48:51.833 align:center There must be a way to make him see the truth. 00:48:51.916 --> 00:48:53.583 align:center I wish there were. 00:48:54.708 --> 00:48:56.458 align:center He rules by divine right, 00:48:56.541 --> 00:48:58.958 align:center believing that, as long as the spirits will it, 00:48:59.041 --> 00:49:00.583 align:center he is infallible. 00:49:04.416 --> 00:49:05.333 align:center But… 00:49:07.041 --> 00:49:09.333 align:center but you are a bridge to the spirits. 00:49:09.916 --> 00:49:10.833 align:center He might listen to you. 00:49:10.916 --> 00:49:14.500 align:center But you need to show him that you care about the city. 00:49:14.583 --> 00:49:17.833 align:center That everything you do is for the good of Ba Sing Se. 00:49:18.791 --> 00:49:20.708 align:center I could help you with that. 00:49:21.625 --> 00:49:23.166 align:center So you're with me? 00:49:23.250 --> 00:49:26.166 align:center Of course. Of course I'm with you. 00:49:26.875 --> 00:49:28.625 align:center I live to serve Ba Sing Se. 00:49:29.916 --> 00:49:34.916 align:center But because our king is so reluctant to face uncomfortable truths, 00:49:36.041 --> 00:49:39.791 align:center I've had to take on so much more than any cultural minister has. 00:49:39.875 --> 00:49:41.625 align:center And sometimes I… 00:49:43.166 --> 00:49:44.583 align:center Sorry, I… 00:49:46.958 --> 00:49:48.458 align:center I've said too much. 00:49:49.291 --> 00:49:51.125 align:center No, Minister. 00:49:52.250 --> 00:49:53.166 align:center It's okay. 00:49:54.958 --> 00:49:55.916 align:center No. 00:49:57.041 --> 00:49:58.583 align:center You're the Avatar. 00:49:59.833 --> 00:50:01.833 align:center My burdens are nothing compared to yours. 00:50:06.333 --> 00:50:07.708 align:center Sometimes, 00:50:08.500 --> 00:50:10.583 align:center I feel like there's so much to do. 00:50:11.208 --> 00:50:13.875 align:center And I can't even stop to breathe, 00:50:13.958 --> 00:50:15.583 align:center because if I do, 00:50:15.666 --> 00:50:18.625 align:center what if I miss something 00:50:18.708 --> 00:50:20.833 align:center or fail the world 00:50:21.666 --> 00:50:22.625 align:center again? 00:50:27.500 --> 00:50:28.708 align:center It is 00:50:29.750 --> 00:50:30.708 align:center isolating. 00:50:31.750 --> 00:50:32.750 align:center Isn't it? 00:50:35.208 --> 00:50:36.916 align:center When it gets to be too much… 00:50:39.416 --> 00:50:40.416 align:center I talk to Appa. 00:50:43.208 --> 00:50:46.291 align:center Does Appa have any sessions available for me? 00:50:50.750 --> 00:50:51.666 align:center I'll check. 00:50:58.333 --> 00:51:00.208 align:center We will find a solution. 00:51:00.833 --> 00:51:01.833 align:center Together. 00:51:03.458 --> 00:51:05.250 align:center Okay, Avatar Aang? 00:51:05.750 --> 00:51:06.666 align:center Yes. 00:51:07.958 --> 00:51:08.958 align:center And 00:51:10.666 --> 00:51:11.750 align:center it's just Aang. 00:51:13.083 --> 00:51:15.083 align:center Okay. Aang. 00:51:38.875 --> 00:51:40.041 align:center Thank you. 00:51:48.291 --> 00:51:52.458 align:center So Long Feng said that if I integrated into the city and contribute, 00:51:53.041 --> 00:51:55.041 align:center the king would be more likely to listen. 00:51:55.125 --> 00:51:57.958 align:center Okay. Yeah. I'm not super sure about that guy. 00:52:00.291 --> 00:52:01.166 align:center Oh, hello. 00:52:01.666 --> 00:52:02.833 align:center Hey, when did you get back? 00:52:02.916 --> 00:52:05.208 align:center I got tired, so I took a carriage. 00:52:05.291 --> 00:52:07.291 align:center How did it go with the king? 00:52:08.166 --> 00:52:10.333 align:center I didn't quite meet with the king, 00:52:10.416 --> 00:52:12.916 align:center but Long Feng said that he'd do everything in his power 00:52:13.000 --> 00:52:14.208 align:center to help arrange a meeting. 00:52:14.291 --> 00:52:15.583 align:center It's just gonna take some time. 00:52:18.083 --> 00:52:19.041 align:center We're 00:52:19.875 --> 00:52:21.375 align:center all on the ceiling now. 00:52:21.958 --> 00:52:24.916 align:center Yeah, he's been like this for hours. 00:52:25.000 --> 00:52:29.250 align:center Oh, he drank some… cactus juice? 00:52:29.333 --> 00:52:30.250 align:center Oh! 00:52:31.375 --> 00:52:33.541 align:center Drink cactus juice. It'll quench ya. 00:52:33.625 --> 00:52:36.416 align:center Nothing's quenchier. It's the quenchiest. 00:52:36.500 --> 00:52:38.875 align:center No, thank you. It's okay. No, thank you. 00:52:38.958 --> 00:52:40.583 align:center Mmm. 00:52:40.666 --> 00:52:42.833 align:center My… my… my… 00:52:43.916 --> 00:52:46.208 align:center my snoozles. 00:52:46.291 --> 00:52:47.541 align:center Yeah. Mm-hmm. 00:52:47.625 --> 00:52:50.000 align:center Snoozles would be a good idea for you. 00:52:50.083 --> 00:52:51.041 align:center For all of us. 00:52:51.125 --> 00:52:52.875 align:center Yeah, we're gonna be here for a while, 00:52:52.958 --> 00:52:55.750 align:center so we may as well get… comfortable. 00:52:55.833 --> 00:52:57.458 align:center Yeah, not you. 00:52:57.541 --> 00:53:00.416 align:center We have earthbending training in the morning. 00:53:01.000 --> 00:53:02.041 align:center What time? 00:53:03.958 --> 00:53:04.958 align:center I'll wake you up. 00:53:05.041 --> 00:53:06.791 align:center - Night. - Night. 00:53:07.291 --> 00:53:08.166 align:center Good night. 00:53:08.250 --> 00:53:10.708 align:center It's a giant mushroom. 00:53:11.250 --> 00:53:13.333 align:center Maybe it's friendly. 00:53:34.208 --> 00:53:35.208 align:center Sai the mechanist. 00:53:37.250 --> 00:53:39.250 align:center The king has invited you to Lake Laogai. 00:53:40.666 --> 00:53:43.291 align:center Yes, of course. I'd be happy to go wherever. 00:53:43.375 --> 00:53:44.250 align:center Now.