WEBVTT 00:13.458 --> 00:16.041 What's happening? Is someone attacking us? 00:16.125 --> 00:19.166 It's Aang! He's in the Avatar State! 00:40.125 --> 00:41.333 Are you okay? 00:42.208 --> 00:43.875 Why didn't you stop them? 00:43.958 --> 00:46.083 - No, I tried! - You let them take Appa! 00:46.166 --> 00:48.541 Aang, stop it! We barely got out of there. 00:48.625 --> 00:50.458 - Toph did what she could. - It wasn't enough. 00:50.541 --> 00:52.041 - She saved us. - I don't care. 00:52.125 --> 00:53.833 The Earth King can help once we tell him. 00:53.916 --> 00:55.458 There's only one plan now. 00:55.541 --> 00:58.583 Find Appa. I don't care about anything else. 00:58.666 --> 01:01.041 We will find him. But it's like Sokka said. 01:01.125 --> 01:03.708 Our best chance of finding him is going to the king. 01:05.416 --> 01:07.000 I'm going to find Appa. 01:08.083 --> 01:10.250 Don't wait for me. 01:10.333 --> 01:11.291 Aang! 01:15.833 --> 01:17.333 Jet couldn't make it out. 01:18.500 --> 01:20.666 It was because of him that we got away. 01:21.250 --> 01:23.458 Aang's right. I should've held it open longer. 01:23.541 --> 01:24.958 You did everything you could. 02:24.750 --> 02:25.958 Appa! 02:43.833 --> 02:46.208 A fever is the fire of change. 02:46.791 --> 02:48.041 If you survive it, 02:48.125 --> 02:51.708 it burns away your old self and gives you new life. 03:27.750 --> 03:29.291 Blue Spirit. 03:29.958 --> 03:31.000 Huh. 04:36.416 --> 04:38.750 - Help! Mama! - Zuko, wake up. 04:38.833 --> 04:40.333 We need to go. 04:40.416 --> 04:42.041 I love you so much. 04:42.125 --> 04:43.333 No. No. 04:43.916 --> 04:44.958 Wake up. 04:45.041 --> 04:47.375 - Mama! Where's Dad? - Wait. No. 04:47.458 --> 04:48.458 Wake up. 04:48.541 --> 04:51.541 - I won't let you turn them into monsters. - Stop! Stop! Stop! 04:51.625 --> 04:54.333 I… I want it to stop! Make it stop! 04:54.833 --> 04:57.958 Is that what you think I am? A monster? 04:59.250 --> 05:02.541 Where's Dad? Where's Dad? Where's Dad? 05:02.625 --> 05:06.500 Promise me that no matter what happens, you stay together. Remember who you are. 05:06.583 --> 05:08.875 Not again. Get us out of here! Move! 05:09.750 --> 05:11.416 I love you so much. 05:11.500 --> 05:14.083 Mom! 05:16.833 --> 05:18.291 She's gone, Zuko. 05:18.375 --> 05:19.666 She doesn't matter. 05:19.750 --> 05:21.041 She never mattered. 05:21.125 --> 05:23.791 You don't matter. 05:43.416 --> 05:45.666 He is a very sensitive being. 05:46.708 --> 05:48.750 He flinches from conflict. 05:49.958 --> 05:53.458 You need to give him another chance. You need to nurture his instincts. 05:53.541 --> 05:55.625 Zuko lacks strength. 05:56.125 --> 05:59.916 He wants to help people. He wants peace and justice. 06:00.000 --> 06:02.875 There is a greater destiny in store for both our children 06:02.958 --> 06:04.458 than you can imagine. 06:04.541 --> 06:06.958 They called their protector the Blue Spirit. 06:07.041 --> 06:10.291 If our son refuses to put his younger sister in her place, 06:10.375 --> 06:12.250 then she will take his place. 06:12.333 --> 06:14.541 Zuzu, there are no winners or losers. 06:14.625 --> 06:18.291 A fight, once begun, only ends when one wins… 06:18.375 --> 06:20.208 Only those who practice courage… 06:21.416 --> 06:23.000 He can be shaped. 06:23.083 --> 06:24.291 He can be corrected. 06:24.375 --> 06:26.125 - If our son refuses to put… - Stop! 06:27.750 --> 06:29.875 …then she will take his place. 06:35.083 --> 06:37.250 - A monster! - Where's Dad? 06:37.333 --> 06:39.875 Compassion is a sign of weakness. 07:06.125 --> 07:07.625 I'm sorry. 07:35.458 --> 07:38.000 I gotta admit, the plan isn't planning like usual. 07:38.500 --> 07:41.416 Yeah, well, Appa was a big part of it. 07:42.000 --> 07:45.166 I know. He's an important member of the team. 07:47.041 --> 07:48.333 He really carries us. 07:53.250 --> 07:56.541 Aang's been out all night. Should we go look for him? 07:56.625 --> 07:58.375 - Found him! - No. 08:00.291 --> 08:01.333 I haven't. 08:02.541 --> 08:03.375 Hey. 08:05.666 --> 08:06.583 Are you okay? 08:06.666 --> 08:07.750 No. 08:10.541 --> 08:12.625 Let's just figure out how to see the Earth King. 08:13.583 --> 08:16.833 Sokka was right. That's the fastest way to find Appa. 08:17.666 --> 08:19.583 Look, Aang. About what happened-- 08:19.666 --> 08:21.625 I don't wanna talk about it. 08:23.833 --> 08:26.333 Okay. Then let's talk about the plan. 08:28.166 --> 08:30.208 Right. 08:30.708 --> 08:34.416 The plan. We just need to figure out how to get through the palace guards, 08:34.500 --> 08:37.583 the Dai Li, and the countless impenetrable walls. 08:37.666 --> 08:40.333 Okay, so we're walking straight into a prison. 08:40.416 --> 08:41.375 What? No. 08:43.541 --> 08:44.833 What maniac would do that? 08:46.708 --> 08:50.458 What do you believe you can gain from walking into this prison? 08:52.041 --> 08:54.041 You're the one who stands to gain. 08:54.875 --> 08:56.791 I don't stand to gain anything. 08:57.500 --> 08:59.875 I'm just a humble servant to the Crown. 08:59.958 --> 09:03.250 I'll indulge your charade if it makes you more comfortable. 09:03.750 --> 09:06.000 I'm looking for a fugitive from the Fire Nation. 09:06.625 --> 09:07.750 In exchange for your… 09:09.208 --> 09:10.208 Sorry. 09:10.833 --> 09:13.083 …the Earth King's assistance, 09:13.166 --> 09:16.416 I'll provide you the names of the generals who are conspiring to discredit you. 09:16.500 --> 09:17.333 Me? 09:17.833 --> 09:19.416 - The cultural minister? - Yes. 09:19.500 --> 09:22.708 Somehow they got the idea that you're a sort of shadow ruler 09:22.791 --> 09:24.208 who commands a network of spies 09:24.291 --> 09:26.791 to maintain a chokehold over this whole city. 09:28.416 --> 09:31.333 And you have the names of these conspirators? 09:31.416 --> 09:33.000 General Sung, General Situ, 09:33.083 --> 09:35.791 Lieutenants Khettry, Kim, and Zhang. 09:37.291 --> 09:38.250 Very well. 09:38.333 --> 09:42.416 I will look into your accusations and let you know what I decide. 09:43.625 --> 09:44.791 When? 09:44.875 --> 09:47.833 It could take a few days or a few weeks. 09:47.916 --> 09:49.166 You'll be dead by then. 09:52.166 --> 09:54.666 You walk into this prison to negotiate, 09:54.750 --> 09:58.791 immediately give up your only leverage, 09:59.500 --> 10:02.083 and then hurl empty threats at me. 10:02.583 --> 10:05.708 Is this what passes for military prowess in the Fire Nation? 10:06.500 --> 10:10.375 A few miles from here, there are 20,000 Firebenders 10:10.458 --> 10:14.916 who have been ordered to level the wall and burn your city to the ground 10:16.166 --> 10:18.375 unless I tell them to stand down. 10:19.916 --> 10:22.125 That's what we call military prowess. 10:22.208 --> 10:24.375 Even if that were true, 10:25.125 --> 10:27.333 our army will handle it 10:28.083 --> 10:29.625 like it always has. 10:29.708 --> 10:32.083 The army whose leaders I just named as traitors? 10:38.166 --> 10:40.208 You don't really know who you're dealing with. 10:40.291 --> 10:44.083 I would never put the security of this city at risk. 10:45.000 --> 10:46.875 I know exactly who you are. 10:48.041 --> 10:50.833 I can see your whole history in your eyes. 10:50.916 --> 10:52.708 You come from nothing, 10:52.791 --> 10:55.833 so you've had to claw and connive your way to power. 10:55.916 --> 10:57.583 But true power, 10:58.416 --> 11:01.166 the divine right to rule, is something you're born with. 11:05.375 --> 11:07.250 And were you born with it? 11:08.875 --> 11:11.416 Or were you born second best? 11:11.500 --> 11:14.833 You see, I know who you are too. 11:15.333 --> 11:17.125 A privileged girl, 11:17.958 --> 11:21.000 desperate to show that she deserves 11:22.541 --> 11:23.625 anything. 11:25.208 --> 11:27.916 Even in this cell, I have more power than you could scrape together 11:28.000 --> 11:29.541 in a thousand lifetimes 11:29.625 --> 11:33.125 because yours is dependent on lies and weakness 11:33.208 --> 11:35.208 and the whims of an absent monarch. 11:35.291 --> 11:38.041 You forget, I control the Avatar. 11:38.958 --> 11:42.833 And he will wipe out your army like he wiped out the armada in the North. 11:44.083 --> 11:46.875 The Avatar is a child who can't control his power. 11:46.958 --> 11:49.375 In defending the North, he destroyed the North. 11:49.458 --> 11:52.375 He'll do the same to your glittering metropolis. 11:54.958 --> 11:57.291 The last thing you want is for this to come to war. 11:59.083 --> 12:02.291 I'm offering you a chance to expose your enemies as traitors 12:02.375 --> 12:04.208 and save this city. 12:05.333 --> 12:07.041 Help me find the fugitive, 12:07.541 --> 12:08.833 give me the Avatar, 12:08.916 --> 12:12.583 and I will ensure that you are recognized and rewarded 12:12.666 --> 12:15.750 as the man who saved Ba Sing Se. 12:19.291 --> 12:22.083 I do not make deals with the Fire Nation. 12:26.458 --> 12:29.333 Everyone deals with the Fire Nation one way or another. 12:48.000 --> 12:49.333 You're up. 12:51.333 --> 12:52.250 Yeah. 12:54.458 --> 12:55.916 Thank you for taking care of me. 13:01.083 --> 13:02.083 You've done the same. 13:03.541 --> 13:05.416 I also went by work. 13:05.500 --> 13:07.708 I missed… three shifts, 13:07.791 --> 13:10.041 so… I got fired. 13:13.708 --> 13:17.166 Could you still get me a job at the tea shop? 13:21.458 --> 13:22.583 I believe I can. 13:26.708 --> 13:27.625 Thank you, Uncle. 13:32.750 --> 13:35.750 Okay, how about this? Katara creates a sudden blizzard. 13:37.541 --> 13:39.500 The guards have to go in to get their coats. 13:40.000 --> 13:42.041 Well, then they'll know we have a Waterbender with us. 13:42.125 --> 13:44.625 I still think disguising ourselves as pillars could work. 13:44.708 --> 13:45.916 Pillars that move? 13:46.000 --> 13:48.166 Disguises did work for getting into Omashu. 13:48.250 --> 13:52.500 Okay, so then maybe we just disguise ourselves as the Kyoshi Warriors. 13:52.583 --> 13:54.166 - I heard they're in town. - They are? 13:54.250 --> 13:57.416 Yeah, I overheard someone talking about it while I was casing the palace. 13:57.500 --> 13:59.375 We should find them. Maybe they can help. 13:59.458 --> 14:02.291 There's no time. We need to figure this out now. 14:03.791 --> 14:04.750 I've got it! 14:05.958 --> 14:09.750 They might be expecting the four of us, but you know who they won't be expecting? 14:10.916 --> 14:11.750 Momo. 14:11.833 --> 14:13.041 We hide in the bushes. 14:13.125 --> 14:14.375 We send in Momo. 14:14.458 --> 14:17.791 Toph and Aang can earthbend above Momo so it looks like he can earthbend. 14:17.875 --> 14:19.416 Well, lemurs can't earthbend. 14:19.500 --> 14:21.750 Exactly. They'll be confused. 14:21.833 --> 14:23.625 Therefore, distracted. 14:24.250 --> 14:27.958 You guys have had all morning to come up with something, 14:28.041 --> 14:29.708 and this is the best we've got? 14:29.791 --> 14:33.125 This is the one time my parents could be useful. 14:33.208 --> 14:36.583 They probably could just walk us right through the front door. 14:44.791 --> 14:46.125 Right through the front door. 14:47.166 --> 14:48.333 Yeah, that's what I said. 14:49.208 --> 14:50.333 I've got it! 14:51.333 --> 14:53.041 Okay. 14:53.791 --> 14:54.958 Did I do this? 14:55.541 --> 14:56.500 Sokka? 15:00.708 --> 15:01.625 Okay. 15:06.375 --> 15:07.291 Boom! 15:07.875 --> 15:08.708 Genius, right? 15:09.833 --> 15:10.958 What is that? 15:11.041 --> 15:13.458 I can't even see it, and I already know it's bad. 15:13.541 --> 15:15.083 I'm sure Sokka will explain it. 15:15.166 --> 15:17.250 It's us in the casks. 15:19.750 --> 15:21.458 - See? - Oh. 15:21.541 --> 15:22.666 No. 15:23.625 --> 15:26.291 Are you joking right now? Is he kidding? 15:26.375 --> 15:30.166 I'm dead serious. This is what we do. Aang and Katara get in one cask. 15:30.250 --> 15:32.208 Me and Toph will get in the other one. 15:32.291 --> 15:35.291 Our amazing Earthbenders will bend in a false floor. 15:35.375 --> 15:37.500 So we can hide under the wine. 15:37.583 --> 15:39.541 And they'll just cart us right in. 15:40.125 --> 15:41.166 Exactly. 15:41.833 --> 15:44.333 Move your hand. No, your other hand. 15:44.416 --> 15:47.208 Sorry. It's dark. I can't see anything. 15:47.291 --> 15:49.375 Oh no! What a nightmare. 15:49.458 --> 15:51.791 Be silent. We're approaching the palace gates. 15:53.916 --> 15:57.083 It's not the usual palace guards. It's the Dai Li. 16:05.291 --> 16:06.500 General Sung. 16:07.958 --> 16:09.125 We've been expecting you. 16:09.208 --> 16:11.666 Yes, I have an audience with the Earth King. 16:16.541 --> 16:19.000 A gift from the Agrarian Zone. 16:21.875 --> 16:23.750 Wine for the palace guards. 16:28.500 --> 16:29.875 We'll take them from here. 16:30.958 --> 16:33.208 Your officers must remain outside. 16:33.291 --> 16:35.541 The cultural minister would like to see you. 16:44.916 --> 16:45.916 Hey. 16:48.166 --> 16:51.916 No one's gonna notice if only one of these ends up in the storeroom, right? 17:07.416 --> 17:09.500 I guess your little plan worked. 17:11.333 --> 17:14.333 Of course it did. My plans are foolproof. They always work. 17:16.958 --> 17:18.333 Where's the other cask? 17:18.833 --> 17:19.791 What? 17:32.333 --> 17:33.791 Say hi! 17:39.541 --> 17:40.958 Say hi! 17:50.541 --> 17:52.000 Coming in, Lee? 17:59.333 --> 18:00.708 Afraid of babies? 18:01.791 --> 18:02.708 Huh? 18:03.500 --> 18:05.125 You were staring out there. 18:07.875 --> 18:11.125 Oh… no. Babies are afraid of me. 18:15.458 --> 18:17.916 What do you think of the city so far? 18:19.708 --> 18:20.916 Mmm… 18:21.000 --> 18:22.875 It's okay, I guess. 18:24.083 --> 18:26.041 You clearly haven't seen all the best sites. 18:27.041 --> 18:27.916 Um… 18:30.750 --> 18:32.500 Uh, like, where? 18:34.125 --> 18:36.041 Well, I could show you around a little. 18:39.041 --> 18:40.041 Okay. 18:41.291 --> 18:42.208 Yeah. 18:44.916 --> 18:46.250 Thank you. All right. 18:55.458 --> 18:58.208 Uh, Mushi. How's this? 19:12.208 --> 19:15.250 Dragon Well tea should be steeped at a lower temperature. 19:15.333 --> 19:17.416 Otherwise, it could turn bitter. 19:17.500 --> 19:18.625 I'll get rid of it. 19:18.708 --> 19:20.833 No, no. We'll drink it. 19:20.916 --> 19:23.041 Bitterness has its own lessons. 19:23.125 --> 19:27.500 And once you get it right, you can savor how far you've come. 19:50.250 --> 19:52.416 - Let's wait a minute to be sure. - It's clear. Let's move. 19:52.500 --> 19:53.958 - Aang, wait. - No. 19:54.041 --> 19:55.458 I'm tired of waiting. 19:55.958 --> 19:58.416 Appa needs me just as much as I need him. 19:58.500 --> 20:01.083 I know you're upset. We all do. 20:01.166 --> 20:03.000 And we're all here, trying to help. 20:04.000 --> 20:06.166 But you need to get it under control. 20:06.666 --> 20:08.541 Because if you talk to the Earth King like this, 20:08.625 --> 20:11.250 he's not gonna listen to a single word we have to say. 20:12.041 --> 20:14.083 Jet will have died for nothing. 20:14.166 --> 20:15.916 And we won't be any closer to finding Appa. 20:16.000 --> 20:16.958 I'm trying. 20:17.041 --> 20:18.625 I'm trying, okay? 20:19.458 --> 20:20.541 I just… 20:20.625 --> 20:23.416 I can't think straight. 20:23.500 --> 20:24.333 I… 20:25.333 --> 20:26.375 I miss him. 20:27.916 --> 20:30.083 Okay? I miss him. 20:30.166 --> 20:31.791 Aang, breathe. 20:39.583 --> 20:40.625 Okay. 20:42.583 --> 20:44.500 - I'm okay. - Told you they'd be here. 20:44.583 --> 20:47.250 - Come on. We found the study. - Ahem. 20:48.875 --> 20:50.000 Toph found the study. 20:59.208 --> 21:01.916 Minister, I have a meeting to get to. 21:02.000 --> 21:04.250 Whatever this is, let's make it quick. 21:05.458 --> 21:09.166 It's interesting that you are so busy today, 21:09.250 --> 21:13.416 when I also can't seem to locate the Avatar and his companions. 21:13.500 --> 21:15.958 He must be busy as well. 21:16.041 --> 21:17.208 What do you want? 21:18.791 --> 21:21.000 A rumor has come to my attention 21:21.083 --> 21:24.166 that the military is holding a high-level Fire Nation asset 21:24.250 --> 21:26.291 in custody at the wall, 21:26.375 --> 21:28.583 without informing the Crown. 21:30.083 --> 21:32.208 This is a lie, of course, 21:32.708 --> 21:36.416 meant to cast suspicion on your loyalty to the Earth King. 21:37.583 --> 21:38.458 Isn't it? 21:40.083 --> 21:41.041 Shocking. 21:42.083 --> 21:46.208 The lies people will tell to undermine Ba Sing Se's security. 21:48.708 --> 21:51.500 Uh, one more thing before you go, General. 21:52.625 --> 21:56.791 The king has invited your daughter to Lake Laogai. 22:22.375 --> 22:24.125 Where's General Sung and the king? 22:24.958 --> 22:26.208 We're not late, are we? 22:27.041 --> 22:29.375 I… I don't think so. 22:32.416 --> 22:34.916 These flowers. They had them at the party. 22:35.000 --> 22:35.916 So? 22:38.166 --> 22:40.375 They said they came from the king's garden. 22:55.833 --> 22:57.125 There we go. 23:02.083 --> 23:03.375 There we go. 23:06.333 --> 23:07.458 Your Majesty? 23:08.750 --> 23:09.583 Oh. 23:10.083 --> 23:10.958 Yes. 23:12.208 --> 23:13.541 I'm King Kuei. 23:13.625 --> 23:15.291 And we need to talk to you. 23:17.000 --> 23:20.041 Oh, yes. The Avatar. 23:21.375 --> 23:23.666 I hear you've been doing good work in the city. 23:24.500 --> 23:27.875 Comforting the sick. Spiritual leadership. 23:29.958 --> 23:31.541 You're an Airbender. 23:32.708 --> 23:35.958 Do you know the hanging gardens of the Western Air Temple? 23:36.041 --> 23:38.083 Yeah. I've been there. 23:38.583 --> 23:41.083 Avatar Yangchen was actually raised there. 23:41.166 --> 23:42.916 There's a flower there, 23:43.416 --> 23:45.333 the silver amaranth, 23:45.916 --> 23:48.375 that changes colors throughout its blooming cycle. 23:49.708 --> 23:52.166 I would give my kingdom for the chance to see one. 23:52.250 --> 23:54.625 And I would love to take you there. 23:54.708 --> 23:57.458 It's one of the most beautiful sights in the world, 23:57.541 --> 24:00.458 but we actually have something we need to talk to you about. 24:00.541 --> 24:01.875 A few somethings. 24:01.958 --> 24:03.625 Serious matters, Your Majesty. 24:03.708 --> 24:04.791 Oh. 24:06.541 --> 24:08.583 I have people for that sort of thing. 24:09.500 --> 24:12.875 - But if you like, I can show you around-- - We need to talk to you about the war. 24:15.666 --> 24:17.458 Politics turns my stomach. 24:21.416 --> 24:23.625 I haven't seen a sprite lily in a while. 24:23.708 --> 24:25.083 You know your flora? 24:25.166 --> 24:27.250 They're not native to the Southern Water Tribe, 24:27.333 --> 24:30.041 but I have a friend who taught me a few things. 24:34.083 --> 24:38.041 - Are you doing some weeding? - Yes. Necessary work, but dirty. 24:38.125 --> 24:38.958 Hmm. 24:39.458 --> 24:42.000 The walls don't keep the weeds out, do they, Your Majesty? 24:42.750 --> 24:45.916 No matter how hard you might try, everything is connected. 24:46.625 --> 24:48.333 The weeds always find a way in. 24:50.458 --> 24:51.291 But 24:52.791 --> 24:54.166 with the proper help, 24:55.791 --> 24:57.625 the flowers can thrive. 24:59.791 --> 25:01.583 We just have to pay attention. 25:03.500 --> 25:04.708 And take action. 25:13.958 --> 25:15.208 I understand. 25:21.750 --> 25:23.125 I'll hear you out. 25:26.416 --> 25:28.291 Did you know she could do that? 25:30.416 --> 25:35.958 So are we just waiting to hear what this guy decides, or what? 25:38.666 --> 25:42.000 Decision has been made for him. He just doesn't know it yet. 25:44.125 --> 25:46.250 He did help me realize something though. 25:46.958 --> 25:48.041 What's that? 25:50.250 --> 25:51.791 What I'm supposed to do. 25:55.458 --> 25:57.375 It's the parable of the two dragons. 26:00.000 --> 26:02.375 When the world was young and spirits roamed free, 26:02.458 --> 26:04.958 two dragons were born from the same egg. 26:06.250 --> 26:08.666 Even before they hatched, they competed for food. 26:10.250 --> 26:14.458 One emerged, large and powerful, Hageshi. 26:16.000 --> 26:17.000 The other, 26:18.291 --> 26:20.916 weak and small, 26:22.416 --> 26:23.500 Nho Xiu. 26:24.000 --> 26:25.125 Over time, 26:25.625 --> 26:28.541 Nho Xiu learned to fend for himself, 26:28.625 --> 26:31.666 to hunt and scrounge in the dirt, 26:31.750 --> 26:33.375 somehow surviving. 26:34.500 --> 26:37.541 While Hageshi was so strong, he could simply sit back 26:38.458 --> 26:40.583 and steal whatever prey his twin had hunted. 26:41.666 --> 26:43.583 Hageshi grew so large, 26:44.791 --> 26:47.125 he became lord of all dragons, 26:48.708 --> 26:50.708 whether he deserved the title or not. 26:52.166 --> 26:53.708 And the two hated each other. 26:55.208 --> 26:58.666 One day, Nho Xiu slaughtered a great beast. 26:59.750 --> 27:03.291 And tired of his brother's theft, he flew to a distant cave to eat his prize. 27:05.750 --> 27:07.458 But Hageshi still found him 27:08.500 --> 27:11.041 and stole the food out of the mouth of his starving twin. 27:13.583 --> 27:14.625 Sated, 27:16.375 --> 27:17.666 Hageshi slept. 27:19.500 --> 27:20.791 He was vulnerable. 27:22.458 --> 27:25.083 It was Nho Xiu's moment to get revenge, 27:25.166 --> 27:28.125 to take everything he'd ever wanted. 27:29.291 --> 27:32.416 Nho Xiu hesitated for a moment and missed his chance. 27:33.375 --> 27:34.916 Hageshi opened his eyes 27:35.791 --> 27:38.375 and saw his brother standing over him with bloody intent. 27:40.375 --> 27:42.333 Nho Xiu attacked, but it was too late. 27:43.833 --> 27:45.208 Hageshi was ready. 27:46.375 --> 27:48.541 He killed his brother easily. 27:49.416 --> 27:51.166 And the smaller dragon died 27:52.583 --> 27:55.083 full of regret that it should come to this. 27:55.750 --> 27:57.083 I remember this one. 27:58.083 --> 28:01.375 My mother always said this is why my sisters and I needed to share, 28:01.458 --> 28:03.541 so we wouldn't kill each other. 28:07.541 --> 28:08.541 Quaint. 28:10.000 --> 28:11.000 But wrong. 28:13.000 --> 28:15.125 Nho Xiu didn't regret hating his brother. 28:16.125 --> 28:18.416 His only regret was not killing him while he slept. 28:19.000 --> 28:22.625 The lesson is to strike down your enemy completely when you have the chance. 28:25.916 --> 28:27.416 I've been sent here, 28:28.625 --> 28:30.625 far from court, to hunt my brother. 28:32.500 --> 28:35.375 And though he's weak, he's dangerous. 28:37.125 --> 28:38.541 And I will not 28:39.458 --> 28:43.500 miss my chance to kill Zuko. 29:35.708 --> 29:38.625 Everything we need to defeat the Fire Nation is in there. 29:40.166 --> 29:42.333 I can't believe I haven't heard any of this. 29:42.416 --> 29:44.291 Well, I heard it from Kyoshi herself. 29:45.541 --> 29:47.791 It was in the Spirit Library. Just trust me. 29:48.416 --> 29:51.541 And you're proposing that before this comet comes, 29:51.625 --> 29:55.208 we launch a major offensive on the Day of Black Sun? 29:55.291 --> 29:57.083 With your help, Your Majesty, 29:57.750 --> 29:58.916 we could save the world. 29:59.000 --> 30:00.416 If this is true, 30:00.916 --> 30:03.708 this may be the most important thing I've ever heard 30:03.791 --> 30:06.583 and the most important decision I've ever had to make. 30:08.833 --> 30:09.666 General Sung. 30:12.291 --> 30:14.541 General Sung, Long Feng, 30:14.625 --> 30:17.041 I've just heard some very upsetting news. 30:17.125 --> 30:20.750 The fall of Omashu, an army camped outside our walls, 30:20.833 --> 30:24.041 and a comet that will give the Firebenders extraordinary power. 30:24.125 --> 30:26.125 General Sung can back up everything we've said. 30:26.208 --> 30:27.583 Is what they say true? 30:31.333 --> 30:32.833 - No. - What? 30:32.916 --> 30:36.000 Ba Sing Se is as strong as it ever was, Your Majesty. 30:36.083 --> 30:38.666 There are Fire Nation forces outside our walls, 30:38.750 --> 30:40.208 but they will be easily handled. 30:40.291 --> 30:42.541 Kyoshi scouts have captured their general 30:42.625 --> 30:44.291 and brought him into the city as a prisoner. 30:44.375 --> 30:47.916 The Avatar and his friends simply want to feel important 30:48.000 --> 30:49.625 in a city that does not need them. 30:49.708 --> 30:52.333 General Sung, what are you doing? 30:52.416 --> 30:53.375 Your Highness. 30:55.208 --> 30:58.500 We mustn't be too hard on the Avatar and his friends. 30:59.000 --> 31:00.541 They're but children after all. 31:00.625 --> 31:04.333 You can't listen to him! He lied to me, and he's lying to you! 31:04.416 --> 31:07.250 Aang has tried for weeks to come here and tell you all of this. 31:07.333 --> 31:08.583 And Long Feng has stopped him. 31:08.666 --> 31:10.375 Interesting narrative, 31:10.458 --> 31:12.208 coming from a thief. 31:12.291 --> 31:13.958 Katara is no thief. 31:14.041 --> 31:14.916 Oh, but she is. 31:15.500 --> 31:16.875 The night of the party, 31:16.958 --> 31:21.291 she stole some precious and valuable golden nettles from the palace, 31:21.375 --> 31:23.916 taking advantage of Your Majesty's hospitality. 31:24.000 --> 31:27.583 Since then, she has been agitating in the Lower Ring every night, 31:27.666 --> 31:30.500 stirring tension in a typically peaceful place. 31:32.208 --> 31:34.000 I was helping people who needed it. 31:34.083 --> 31:36.208 If you were being so helpful, 31:36.291 --> 31:39.083 why did you have to don a disguise and hide your actions? 31:39.166 --> 31:41.083 If you were being so helpful, 31:41.666 --> 31:43.458 why did you flee the scene of a riot? 31:46.958 --> 31:48.666 And that's just the start. 31:50.083 --> 31:51.083 Sources tell me 31:51.166 --> 31:54.583 the Beifongs have been manufacturing war machines for the Fire Nation. 31:55.166 --> 31:59.000 War machines that they used against the Northern Water Tribe. 31:59.083 --> 32:01.500 War machines that they would use against Ba Sing Se. 32:01.583 --> 32:03.583 They are traitors to the Earth Kingdom. 32:03.666 --> 32:04.666 That's not true. 32:04.750 --> 32:08.250 Toph didn't know anything about that until… until recently. 32:08.833 --> 32:12.375 Lady Beifong is now in the city and has been in touch with her daughter. 32:12.458 --> 32:16.541 Who knows what young Toph could be planning to share with her? 32:17.583 --> 32:18.666 And this one. 32:19.875 --> 32:21.833 This one was the last person seen 32:21.916 --> 32:24.166 by one of the city's most prominent thinkers 32:24.250 --> 32:25.291 before he went missing. 32:25.375 --> 32:28.750 The Dai Li are investigating the disappearance of Professor Zei 32:28.833 --> 32:30.000 as a possible murder. 32:30.083 --> 32:34.083 Your Majesty, the Dai Li can't be trusted. They are loyal only to Long Feng. 32:34.166 --> 32:35.625 Keep in mind, Your Majesty, 32:36.125 --> 32:38.541 that these accusations are coming from a young man 32:38.625 --> 32:40.833 who is a known collaborator with Sai, 32:40.916 --> 32:43.916 the Fire Nation spy who concocted this whole story. 32:44.000 --> 32:44.958 - Sai didn't-- - What? 32:45.041 --> 32:47.291 Didn't attempt to assassinate the King of Omashu? 32:47.375 --> 32:48.750 We can explain all of this. 32:48.833 --> 32:52.291 You certainly do spin marvelous tales. 32:52.375 --> 32:53.833 You see, Your Majesty, 32:53.916 --> 32:56.166 the Avatar is in league 32:56.250 --> 32:59.333 with a thief, a spy, and a traitor. 32:59.416 --> 33:01.666 How could we possibly trust the Avatar 33:01.750 --> 33:05.708 when his companions have shown themselves to be enemies of the Earth Kingdom? 33:05.791 --> 33:09.125 Please, Your Majesty, no matter what he says about us, 33:09.208 --> 33:11.541 it doesn't change the fact your city's in danger. 33:11.625 --> 33:13.250 The Fire Nation is coming, 33:13.333 --> 33:16.291 and you have the power to stand up and fight. 33:19.166 --> 33:22.625 Please, Your Majesty, we need your help. 33:24.416 --> 33:27.458 The world… needs your help. 33:35.291 --> 33:36.125 Long Feng. 33:39.833 --> 33:41.083 What should I do? 33:41.166 --> 33:43.500 Don't ask him. He's a liar. 33:45.291 --> 33:46.750 Where did you take Appa? 33:46.833 --> 33:48.708 - Aang, don't. - I know it was you! 33:49.708 --> 33:53.083 Where is Appa? 33:54.500 --> 33:56.458 - Stay back, Your Majesty. - Aang! 34:00.583 --> 34:01.750 Aang! 34:15.416 --> 34:17.916 Escort the Avatar and his friends home. 34:39.625 --> 34:41.750 Thank you, Long Feng, 34:42.708 --> 34:45.208 for your help and your loyalty. 34:46.833 --> 34:49.083 I am your humble servant. 34:50.958 --> 34:53.875 But I was never told of these Fire Nation forces. 34:53.958 --> 34:55.125 General Sung. 34:56.208 --> 34:59.375 You said that part of the story was true. Did you not? 34:59.958 --> 35:02.333 Yes. I'll plan a visit for you to check on our forces-- 35:02.416 --> 35:03.666 General Sung, 35:04.375 --> 35:07.125 please send me the most recent action reports from the wall. 35:08.291 --> 35:09.458 Yes, Your Majesty. 35:09.541 --> 35:10.625 And in the future, 35:11.208 --> 35:14.000 notify me immediately and directly 35:14.083 --> 35:16.416 of any threats to our borders. 35:35.791 --> 35:38.500 Whatever loose hold you have on the city, 35:39.583 --> 35:41.333 it's slipping away. 36:13.666 --> 36:15.416 Hey, we'll come up with a new plan. 36:16.250 --> 36:17.375 We'll figure it out. 36:18.041 --> 36:19.083 A new plan? 36:20.083 --> 36:22.000 It's over. We lost. 36:22.083 --> 36:23.166 Don't say that. 36:23.250 --> 36:24.833 And it's all your fault. 36:25.416 --> 36:26.250 Me? 36:26.333 --> 36:29.041 Everything was going great up until Long Feng told the king 36:29.125 --> 36:30.583 what you've been doing at night. 36:30.666 --> 36:33.125 I took those nettles to help a sick kid. 36:33.208 --> 36:35.416 Everything that I did was to help people. 36:35.500 --> 36:36.958 Well, it didn't help us, did it? 36:37.041 --> 36:40.375 Back off, Aang. We would've said something if it was any of your business. 36:40.458 --> 36:42.083 You told her about this and not me? 36:42.166 --> 36:45.666 She didn't tell me. I felt her leaving the house at night. 36:45.750 --> 36:46.666 So you both lied? 36:46.750 --> 36:48.458 No! 36:48.541 --> 36:51.333 Maybe you would've felt it too if you had focused on your earthbending 36:51.416 --> 36:53.291 instead of running around with Long Feng. 36:53.375 --> 36:56.000 - So much for being there for each other. - Don't even start. 36:56.083 --> 36:59.208 When did you find out her parents were building weapons for the Fire Nation? 36:59.291 --> 37:03.041 Hey, I don't have anything to do with them anymore, so it doesn't even matter. 37:03.125 --> 37:04.208 It matters. 37:04.291 --> 37:07.416 How long has your family been in business with the Fire Nation? 37:07.500 --> 37:09.500 Do they build warships for them? 37:10.833 --> 37:13.666 Did they build the ships that came to Wolf Cove? 37:13.750 --> 37:15.958 Did they build the ships that brought Firebenders 37:16.041 --> 37:19.291 that burned down our village and murdered my mother? 37:19.375 --> 37:22.375 The ones that drove our father to abandon us? 37:22.458 --> 37:23.791 Did they build those ships? 37:27.125 --> 37:28.833 How could you not have told me? 37:29.750 --> 37:31.208 I didn't even think about it. 37:32.208 --> 37:33.416 You never do. 37:36.041 --> 37:36.875 Wow. 37:38.041 --> 37:42.166 I thought that you guys understood that I am not my family. 37:42.250 --> 37:43.083 Are you sure? 37:43.166 --> 37:46.333 Because it kind of sounds like you talk to them all the time. 37:46.416 --> 37:48.333 - What? - Is your mother in town? 37:48.416 --> 37:50.791 - Yes, but-- - You didn't think we should know that? 37:51.500 --> 37:53.458 I haven't spoken to her. 37:54.250 --> 37:57.041 All she did was send me a letter to tell me that she was here. 37:57.125 --> 38:00.458 Was this before or after you found out that she was a war criminal? 38:00.541 --> 38:01.666 Are you kidding? 38:03.250 --> 38:05.916 I'm not a war criminal. 38:07.250 --> 38:09.041 I've been here, 38:09.541 --> 38:11.750 helping the Avatar get ready to fight the Fire Nation. 38:11.833 --> 38:13.541 - Where have you been? - Good question. 38:13.625 --> 38:15.083 Maybe she was starting a riot. 38:15.166 --> 38:16.625 I didn't start a riot. 38:17.125 --> 38:19.541 Some people were attacking innocent Fire Nation defectors. 38:19.625 --> 38:22.000 - They were-- - Whoa! You were defending Fire Nation? 38:22.083 --> 38:23.916 Okay. Okay, so it's fine for you. 38:24.000 --> 38:26.250 I was defending innocent people. 38:26.333 --> 38:28.208 It doesn't even matter what I was doing. 38:28.291 --> 38:30.625 We know the reason this all fell apart is Long Feng. 38:30.708 --> 38:33.416 I knew that guy was no good from the moment that we met him. 38:33.500 --> 38:36.458 How was I supposed to know? He was helping us. 38:36.541 --> 38:37.833 Obviously, he wasn't. 38:37.916 --> 38:41.125 - What about the people you trusted? - Professor Zei was a real winner. 38:41.208 --> 38:43.625 Oh yeah, like you did any better with General Sung. 38:43.708 --> 38:45.750 - You said she was on board. - She was. 38:45.833 --> 38:47.125 Then what happened? 38:47.208 --> 38:48.625 What do you think? 38:48.708 --> 38:50.750 - Long Feng got to her. - Stop blaming me. 38:50.833 --> 38:53.750 I told you you had to stay calm. 38:54.250 --> 38:55.416 - I warned you. - Yeah. 38:55.500 --> 38:58.125 Yet you had to go and fly off into the Avatar State anyway. 38:58.208 --> 38:59.541 We'd already lost 38:59.625 --> 39:02.666 after the Earth King heard what you three had been doing. 39:02.750 --> 39:04.500 It's like none of this matters to you. 39:04.583 --> 39:06.416 You all act like my friends, 39:06.500 --> 39:10.333 like you understand the pressure I'm under, but you don't. 39:11.750 --> 39:14.500 I have to save the world. 39:15.416 --> 39:18.916 And you can all pretend to get it, but you don't have any idea. 39:19.416 --> 39:21.500 The only one who cared was Appa. 39:22.208 --> 39:23.541 And he's gone. 39:24.708 --> 39:27.000 Because you lost him. 39:27.083 --> 39:29.375 Because I had to save you! 39:31.916 --> 39:33.250 You know what? 39:35.250 --> 39:36.666 I don't need this. 39:37.625 --> 39:39.000 I may be blind, 39:39.916 --> 39:41.958 but you guys don't see me at all. 39:43.125 --> 39:44.750 - Hey. - Go ahead. 39:45.250 --> 39:46.083 Leave. 39:46.166 --> 39:48.166 It's not like I need you anymore anyway. 39:56.083 --> 39:58.833 - You're just gonna let her go? - You can go too if you want. 39:58.916 --> 40:02.291 Unless you wanna sit around and make another plan that won't work. 40:03.250 --> 40:04.958 No, my plan worked fine. 40:06.041 --> 40:07.208 We just got beat. 40:08.875 --> 40:11.500 And that's not on me. That's on you. 40:17.250 --> 40:19.125 So much for Team Avatar, huh? 40:21.708 --> 40:22.666 Sokka. 40:36.083 --> 40:37.458 You said you were with me. 40:40.750 --> 40:42.291 I've always been with you. 40:43.083 --> 40:46.333 I do everything that I can to help you. 40:46.416 --> 40:49.250 No. You're off doing your own thing. 40:49.750 --> 40:51.708 You don't care. 40:53.041 --> 40:54.625 Where were you today? 40:54.708 --> 40:58.875 I had to carry the whole team because you were so distraught. 40:58.958 --> 41:01.750 It was because I made everyone focus on their jobs 41:01.833 --> 41:04.166 that we got in front of the king in the first place. 41:04.250 --> 41:06.000 And that worked really great. 41:07.333 --> 41:08.458 Didn't it? 41:12.541 --> 41:13.625 You know what? 41:15.666 --> 41:17.583 Carry yourself from now on. 41:38.291 --> 41:39.458 I can explain. 41:41.333 --> 41:44.083 You don't have to justify your choices to me. 41:48.625 --> 41:49.500 I want to anyway. 41:53.625 --> 41:57.666 I'm not doing this out of anger or for vengeance. 41:59.041 --> 42:02.250 I'm doing this because I want to help people. 42:04.208 --> 42:05.250 And 42:06.833 --> 42:08.333 I'm doing this for myself. 42:11.625 --> 42:12.541 Zuko. 42:15.375 --> 42:17.166 I'm glad you brought me here. 42:18.291 --> 42:19.791 You're a good man. 42:45.625 --> 42:46.458 Can I help you? 42:46.541 --> 42:51.708 I was hoping to find a friend who still clings to the ancient ways. 43:22.916 --> 43:24.333 I am Iroh. 43:24.833 --> 43:26.250 Dragon of the West. 43:27.000 --> 43:29.083 I come to offer my services. 43:31.041 --> 43:33.500 But you knew I was here, didn't you? 43:34.833 --> 43:37.458 The Dragon of the West is a cold-blooded killer. 43:39.916 --> 43:42.041 He ordered the burning of countless innocents, 43:42.125 --> 43:44.583 the slaughter of those who would resist us 43:44.666 --> 43:49.916 and any who would oppose what our great nation was doing. 43:50.500 --> 43:51.958 I'm not that man anymore. 43:58.208 --> 44:00.208 You cannot escape the Dragon. 44:00.291 --> 44:02.958 You and he are one and the same. 44:03.041 --> 44:05.708 Those actions are your actions, 44:06.958 --> 44:09.166 no matter how long you run from them. 44:12.041 --> 44:13.708 I served under the Dragon. 44:13.791 --> 44:15.708 I deserted the Dragon. 44:17.833 --> 44:20.000 I left a regiment leaderless. 44:21.916 --> 44:26.541 Many of those I abandoned perished before the retreat was ordered. 44:32.208 --> 44:34.375 One of them was named Lu Ten. 44:37.625 --> 44:41.416 The Dragon would consume me in the fire of vengeance. 44:42.750 --> 44:45.541 What will this old man do? 45:02.000 --> 45:03.875 I ask your forgiveness 45:04.458 --> 45:06.791 for the things I ordered you to do. 45:16.000 --> 45:17.166 I forgive you. 45:20.833 --> 45:22.125 Seconded? 45:22.208 --> 45:23.416 - Aye. - Aye. 45:28.125 --> 45:29.416 Welcome, Iroh, 45:30.000 --> 45:31.375 to the White Lotus. 45:32.125 --> 45:33.541 There's work to be done. 47:22.958 --> 47:24.041 Toph! 47:30.416 --> 47:31.333 Hi, Mom. 47:59.583 --> 48:01.458 You. 48:03.500 --> 48:05.041 Hi again! 48:11.541 --> 48:13.875 I really messed everything up, 48:14.541 --> 48:15.625 huh, Momo? 48:20.125 --> 48:21.625 I failed 48:22.666 --> 48:23.958 everyone. 48:33.583 --> 48:37.333 I had to feel everything 48:37.416 --> 48:41.041 so that I could feel nothing, 48:41.958 --> 48:46.291 which is the key to feeling everything. 49:25.666 --> 49:26.583 Appa.