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KATARA: Water.

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Earth.

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Fire.

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Air.

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Long ago, the four nations
lived together in harmony.

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Then everything changed
when the Fire Nation attacked.

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Only the Avatar,
master of all four elements,

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could stop them.

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But when the world
needed him most, he vanished.

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A hundred years passed,

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and my brother and I
discovered the new Avatar,

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an airbender named Aang.

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And although
his airbending skills are great,

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he has a lot to learn before
he's ready to save anyone.

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AANG: Oof.

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But I believe Aang can save the world.

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ROKU: Previously on Avatar...

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KATARA: Appa is missing.

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We hope to find him in Ba Sing Se.

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Professor Zei, head of anthropology
at Ba Sing Se University.

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This library is said to contain
a vast collection of knowledge.

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SOKKA: Firebenders lose their
bending during a solar eclipse!

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We've gotta get this information
to the Earth King at Ba Sing Se.

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Hey!

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What are you doing firebending your tea?

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So the old guy had some hot tea, big deal.

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He heated it himself.

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Those guys are firebenders.

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Look, the inner wall.

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I can't believe we finally made it
to Ba Sing Se in one piece.

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Hey, don't jinx it!

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We could still be attacked by some
giant, exploding Fire Nation spoon.

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Or find out the city's been submerged
in an ocean full of killer shrimp.

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You been hitting the cactus juice again?

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I'm just sayin'.

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Weird stuff happens to us.

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(SUCKING)

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Don't worry, Aang, we'll find Appa.

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It's such a big city.

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He's a giant bison.

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Where could someone possibly hide him?

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Oh.

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TOPH: Ah, back in the city.

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Great.

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SOKKA: What's the problem? It's amazing!

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Just a bunch of walls and rules.

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You wait, you'll get sick of it
in a couple of days.

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AANG: I'm comin' for you, buddy.

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He's here, I can feel it.

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Hello, my name is Joo Dee.

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I have been given the great honor
of showing the Avatar around Ba Sing Se.

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And you must be Sokka, Katara and Toph.

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Welcome to our wonderful city.

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Shall we get started?

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Yes, we have information
about the Fire Nation army

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that we need to deliver
to the Earth King immediately.

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Great, let's begin our tour.

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And then I'll show you
to your new home, here.

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I think you'll like it.

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Augh!

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Maybe you missed what I said.

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We need to talk to the king
about the war, it's important.

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You're in Ba Sing Se, now.

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Everyone is safe here.

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This is the lower ring.

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What's that wall for?

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Oh, Ba Sing Se has many walls.

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There are the ones outside, protecting us,

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and the ones inside,
that help maintain order.

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This is where our newest arrivals live,

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as well as our craftsmen and artisans,
people that work with their hands.

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It's so quaint and lively.

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You do want to watch your step, though.

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Why do they have all these poor people
blocked off in one part of the city?

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This is why I never came here before.

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I always heard it was so different
from the way the monks taught us to live.

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I just want our new place to look nice
in case someone brings home a lady friend.

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This city is a prison.

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I don't want to make a life here.

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IROH: Life happens wherever you are,
whether you make it or not.

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Now come on, I found us some new jobs
and we start this afternoon.

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Look at them, firebenders living
right under everyone's nose.

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SMELLERBEE: Jet, you saw a man
with a hot cup of tea.

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It doesn't prove he's a firebender.

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And what if he is,
are we supposed to attack them?

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I thought we were starting over here,
changing our ways.

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We are. When I get the evidence I need,
I'll report them to the police

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and let them handle it, okay?

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JOO DEE: This is the middle ring
of Ba Sing Se,

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Home to the financial district,
shops and restaurants and the University.

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Yeah, we met a professor
from Ba Sing Se University.

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He took us to
an ancient underground library

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where we discovered information
about the war

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that is absolutely crucial
for the king to hear!

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Isn't history fascinating?

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Look, here's one of the oldest buildings
in the middle ring, town hall.

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Is that woman deaf?

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She only seems to hear
every other word I say.

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It's called being handled.

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Get used to it.

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Well, you certainly look like
official tea servers.

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How do you feel?

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Ridiculous.

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Uh, does this possibly come
in a larger size?

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I have extra string in the back.

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Have some tea while you wait.

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Eow!

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This tea is nothing more
than hot leaf juice!

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Uncle, that's what all tea is.

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How could a member of my own family
say something so horrible?

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We'll have to make some
major changes around here.

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(GASPING)

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JOO DEE: The upper ring is home
to our most important citizens.

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Your house is not too far from here.

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What's inside that wall?

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And who are
the mean-looking guys in robes?

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Inside is the royal palace.

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Those men are agents of the Dai Li,
the cultural authority of Ba Sing Se.

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They are the guardians
of all our traditions.

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Can we see the king now?

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(LAUGHING) Oh, no!

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One doesn't just pop in on the Earth King.

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Here we are, your new home.

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More good news.

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Your request for an audience
with the Earth King is being processed,

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and should be put through
in about a month.

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Much more quickly than usual.

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A month?

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Six to eight weeks, actually.

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Isn't it nice?

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I think you'll really enjoy it here.

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I think we'd enjoy it more
if we weren't staying so long.

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Can't we see the king any sooner?

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The Earth King is very busy
running the finest city in the world,

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but he will see you
as soon as time permits.

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If we're gonna be here for a month,
we should spend our time looking for Appa.

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I'll be happy to escort you
anywhere you'd like to go.

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We don't need a babysitter.

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Oh, I won't get in the way.

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And to leave you alone
would make me a bad host.

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Where shall we start?

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(CHIRPING)

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(SCREECHING)

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I'm sorry, but I haven't heard
anything about a flying bison.

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I didn't even know there were any.

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If someone wanted to sell a stolen animal
without anyone knowing,

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where would they go?

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Where's the black market?

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Who runs it? Come on, you know.

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Uh...

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That would be illegal.

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You'll have to leave now.

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Your lemur is harassing my sparrowkeets.

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STUDENT: Hmm, I've never seen
any sandbenders or nomads around here.

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You should ask Professor Zei,
he teaches the class on desert cultures.

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Right.

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And which of your professors could we ask
about the war with the Fire Nation?

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I don't know, I'm not a political science
student, I have to get to class.

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Unh!

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JOO DEE: Well, I'm sorry no one
has seen your bison.

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Why don't you go get some rest?

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Someone will be over with dinner later.

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Hey, come with me.

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You're the Avatar.

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I heard you were in town.

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I'm Pong.

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Nice to meet you, Pong.

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So, Pong, what's goin' on with this city?

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Why is everyone here
so scared to talk about the war?

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War, scared?

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What do you mean?

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I can feel you shaking.

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Look, I'm just
a minor government official.

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I've waited three years to get this house.

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I don't want to get into trouble.

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Get in trouble with who?

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Shh, listen, you can't
mention the war, here.

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And whatever you do,
stay away from the Dai Li.

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IROH: Would you like a pot of tea?

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ZUKO: We've been working
in a tea shop all day.

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I'm sick of tea.

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Sick of tea?

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That's like being sick of breathing.

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Have you seen our spark rocks
to heat up the water?

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They're not there.

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You'll have to firebend, old man.

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JET: Where are you going?

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IROH: I borrowed our neighbor's.

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Such kind people.

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(CHIRPING)

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(YAWNING)

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(GASPING)

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I've got it!

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I know how we're gonna see the Earth King.

195
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How're we supposed to do that?

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"One doesn't just pop in
on the Earth King."

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The king is having a party
at the palace tonight for his pet bear.

198
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You mean platypus-bear?

199
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No, it just says "bear."

200
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Certainly you mean his pet skunk-bear.

201
00:11:23,848 --> 00:11:25,218
Or his armadillo-bear.

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Gopher-bear?

203
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Just "bear."

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This place is weird.

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The palace will be packed.

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We can sneak in with a crowd.

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-Won't work.
-Why not?

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00:11:37,070 --> 00:11:39,200
Well, no offense
to you simple country folk,

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but a real society crowd
would spot you a mile away.

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You've got no manners.

211
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Excuse me?

212
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I've got no manners?

213
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You're not exactly Lady Fancy Fingers.

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(TOPH BURPS)

215
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I learned proper society
behavior and chose to leave it.

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You never learned anything.

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And frankly, it's a little too late.

218
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Ah-ha, but you learned it!

219
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You could teach us.

220
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Yeah, I'm mastering every element.

221
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How hard can manners be?

222
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"Good evening, Mr. Sokka Water Tribe.

223
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"Miss Katara Water Tribe.

224
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"Lord Momo of the Momo dynasty,
your Momo-ness."

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"Avatar Aang, how you do go on."

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AANG: Ow!

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Katara might be able to pull it off,

228
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but you two would be lucky
to pass as busboys.

229
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But I feel so fancy.

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AANG: Earth!
SOKKA: Fire!

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Augh.

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Ooh.

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(GIGGLING)

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Wow, you look beautiful.

235
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Don't talk to the commoners, Katara.

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First rule of society.

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We'll get in the party and then find
a way to let you in through the side gate.

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(GONG RINGING)

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SMELLERBEE: Jet, we need to talk.

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What? Oh, great, it's you guys.

241
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Where have you been? I could use
some help with surveillance here.

242
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We've been talking, and we think
you're becoming obsessed with this.

243
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It's not healthy.

244
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Oh, really?

245
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You both think this?

246
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We came here to make a fresh start.

247
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But you won't let this go.

248
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Even though there's no real proof!

249
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Well, maybe if you'd help me.

250
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Jet, you've gotta stop this.

251
00:13:38,566 --> 00:13:40,856
Maybe you've forgotten why we
need to start over.

252
00:13:40,943 --> 00:13:44,283
Maybe you've forgotten about how
the Fire Nation left us all homeless?

253
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How they wiped out
all the people we loved?

254
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If you don't wanna help me,
I'll get the evidence on my own.

255
00:13:57,376 --> 00:13:59,496
This is the best tea in the city.

256
00:13:59,962 --> 00:14:03,012
The secret ingredient is love.

257
00:14:08,179 --> 00:14:10,059
I think you're due for a raise.

258
00:14:12,934 --> 00:14:14,184
I'm tired of waiting.

259
00:14:14,268 --> 00:14:16,688
These two men are firebenders!

260
00:14:26,656 --> 00:14:28,196
I know they're firebenders!

261
00:14:28,282 --> 00:14:30,372
I saw the old man heating his tea.

262
00:14:30,952 --> 00:14:32,452
He works in a tea shop.

263
00:14:32,662 --> 00:14:34,752
He's a firebender, I'm telling you!

264
00:14:35,164 --> 00:14:37,794
Drop your swords, boy, nice and easy.

265
00:14:37,875 --> 00:14:39,375
You'll have to defend yourself.

266
00:14:39,752 --> 00:14:41,212
Then everyone will know.

267
00:14:41,504 --> 00:14:43,674
Go ahead, show them what you can do.

268
00:14:45,299 --> 00:14:46,379
You want a show?

269
00:14:46,467 --> 00:14:47,467
I'll give you a show.

270
00:15:08,739 --> 00:15:09,989
MAN: Invitation, please.

271
00:15:10,074 --> 00:15:11,534
I think this will do.

272
00:15:12,076 --> 00:15:13,986
No entry without an invitation.

273
00:15:14,078 --> 00:15:15,618
Step out of line, please.

274
00:15:16,164 --> 00:15:19,964
Look, the Pangs and the Yumsoon-Hans
are waiting in there for us.

275
00:15:20,042 --> 00:15:22,752
I'm gonna have to
tell them who didn't let me in.

276
00:15:22,837 --> 00:15:24,417
Step out of line, please.

277
00:15:34,348 --> 00:15:35,388
KATARA: Sir?

278
00:15:35,474 --> 00:15:38,944
I'm sorry to bother you, but my
cousin lost our invitations.

279
00:15:39,520 --> 00:15:40,940
(WHISPERING) She's blind.

280
00:15:41,355 --> 00:15:42,855
Do you think you could help us?

281
00:15:42,940 --> 00:15:45,780
Our family's inside,
and I'm sure they're very worried.

282
00:15:46,527 --> 00:15:47,567
I am honored.

283
00:15:47,778 --> 00:15:49,108
Please come with me.

284
00:15:55,828 --> 00:15:57,038
Nyaa. (BLOWING RASPBERRY)

285
00:16:01,417 --> 00:16:03,077
He's taking all the good stuff.

286
00:16:03,461 --> 00:16:07,261
Quiet, you don't know what I had to do
to get seats this near the bear.

287
00:16:13,554 --> 00:16:14,804
It's beautiful, isn't it?

288
00:16:15,306 --> 00:16:17,466
By the way, I'm Long Feng.

289
00:16:17,558 --> 00:16:19,388
I'm a cultural minister to the king.

290
00:16:19,852 --> 00:16:23,312
I'm Hwamei, and this is Dung.

291
00:16:23,898 --> 00:16:24,898
Ow!

292
00:16:25,233 --> 00:16:26,523
Now where is your family?

293
00:16:26,609 --> 00:16:28,069
I'd love to meet them.

294
00:16:28,361 --> 00:16:31,741
Uh, I don't see 'em right now,
but I'm sure we'll find them soon.

295
00:16:31,822 --> 00:16:33,282
Thanks for all your help.

296
00:16:37,245 --> 00:16:38,745
Don't worry, as your escort,

297
00:16:38,829 --> 00:16:43,039
it would be dishonorable to abandon you
ladies without finding your family, first.

298
00:16:43,125 --> 00:16:44,495
We'll keep looking.

299
00:16:47,338 --> 00:16:48,758
Where are they?

300
00:16:48,839 --> 00:16:51,089
Look, I came up with a back-up plan.

301
00:16:51,175 --> 00:16:53,755
We dress Momo like a ghost, okay?

302
00:16:53,844 --> 00:16:56,554
He flies by the guards,
creating a distraction.

303
00:16:56,639 --> 00:16:59,139
Then we blast a hole in the wall...

304
00:16:59,225 --> 00:17:01,475
Or we can go in with these guys.

305
00:17:01,560 --> 00:17:03,560
AANG: Toph said we might pass as busboys.

306
00:17:04,105 --> 00:17:06,555
Okay, but remember that Momo ghost plan.

307
00:17:06,649 --> 00:17:07,939
I think it's a winner.

308
00:17:09,986 --> 00:17:11,526
Ugh!

309
00:17:11,612 --> 00:17:12,742
(GRUNTING)

310
00:17:13,197 --> 00:17:15,447
You must be getting tired
of using those swords.

311
00:17:15,533 --> 00:17:18,163
Why don't you go ahead and firebend at me?

312
00:17:18,244 --> 00:17:20,164
Please, son, you're confused!

313
00:17:20,246 --> 00:17:22,116
You don't know what you're doing!

314
00:17:22,915 --> 00:17:26,285
JET: Bet you wish he helped you out
with a little fire blast right now.

315
00:17:27,586 --> 00:17:29,456
You're the one who needs help.

316
00:17:39,056 --> 00:17:41,596
You see that?
The Fire Nation is trying to silence me!

317
00:17:41,976 --> 00:17:43,476
It'll never happen.

318
00:17:44,061 --> 00:17:45,061
(GRUNTING)

319
00:17:49,817 --> 00:17:51,277
Where are Toph and Katara?

320
00:17:51,360 --> 00:17:54,030
Forget about them, just keep
an eye out for the king.

321
00:17:54,739 --> 00:17:56,489
I don't know what he looks like.

322
00:17:56,574 --> 00:18:00,664
You know, royal,
flowing robe, fancy jewelry.

323
00:18:02,121 --> 00:18:03,661
AANG: That could be anyone.

324
00:18:04,206 --> 00:18:06,036
Another crab puff, please.

325
00:18:06,792 --> 00:18:08,172
You found us!

326
00:18:08,252 --> 00:18:11,172
I'd know your little footsteps
anywhere, twinkle toes.

327
00:18:11,255 --> 00:18:12,875
Thanks for letting us in.

328
00:18:12,965 --> 00:18:16,295
Sorry, but the guy who escorted us in
won't let us out of his sight.

329
00:18:16,719 --> 00:18:17,889
What guy?

330
00:18:19,347 --> 00:18:20,887
What are you doing here?

331
00:18:21,182 --> 00:18:24,812
You have to leave immediately,
or we'll all be in terrible trouble.

332
00:18:25,353 --> 00:18:26,813
Not until we see the king.

333
00:18:27,271 --> 00:18:29,191
You don't understand. You must go.

334
00:18:31,108 --> 00:18:32,778
(WOMAN SCREAMING)

335
00:18:32,860 --> 00:18:33,940
Oh!

336
00:18:34,028 --> 00:18:35,648
AANG: Sorry, no, don't shout.

337
00:18:41,160 --> 00:18:42,290
The Avatar.

338
00:18:42,620 --> 00:18:45,210
Oh, I didn't know
the Avatar would be here.

339
00:18:53,214 --> 00:18:54,424
(LAUGHING WEAKLY)

340
00:18:54,507 --> 00:18:56,927
You keep their attention
while I look for the king.

341
00:18:57,009 --> 00:18:58,429
Watch this, everybody.

342
00:19:07,853 --> 00:19:09,353
CROWD: Ooh...

343
00:19:09,438 --> 00:19:10,558
(APPLAUSE)

344
00:19:11,023 --> 00:19:12,113
(LAUGHING, GROWLING)

345
00:19:12,650 --> 00:19:13,650
(GRUNTING)

346
00:19:22,701 --> 00:19:24,331
Drop your weapons.

347
00:19:24,412 --> 00:19:26,122
Arrest them, they're firebenders.

348
00:19:26,872 --> 00:19:29,172
This poor boy is confused.

349
00:19:29,583 --> 00:19:32,003
We're just simple refugees.

350
00:19:32,378 --> 00:19:36,918
This young man wrecked my tea shop
and assaulted my employees!

351
00:19:37,007 --> 00:19:39,177
It's true, sir. We saw the whole thing.

352
00:19:39,260 --> 00:19:42,050
This crazy kid attacked
the finest tea maker in the city.

353
00:19:42,430 --> 00:19:44,930
Oh, that's very sweet.

354
00:19:46,058 --> 00:19:47,228
Come with us, son.

355
00:19:49,270 --> 00:19:50,400
(GRUNTING)

356
00:19:52,731 --> 00:19:53,771
You don't understand!

357
00:19:53,858 --> 00:19:55,068
They're Fire Nation!

358
00:19:55,151 --> 00:19:56,611
You have to believe me.

359
00:20:27,308 --> 00:20:28,928
Aang, the Earth King.

360
00:20:32,313 --> 00:20:33,773
Greetings, your majesty.

361
00:20:33,898 --> 00:20:34,898
(GASPING)

362
00:20:41,989 --> 00:20:44,119
Augh, ugh, let me go!

363
00:20:47,369 --> 00:20:49,659
(MUFFLED SHOUT)

364
00:20:53,792 --> 00:20:54,792
(CHIRPING)

365
00:20:57,046 --> 00:20:59,626
Avatar, it is a great honor to meet you.

366
00:20:59,715 --> 00:21:04,385
I am Long Feng, grand secretary
of Ba Sing Se and head of the Dai Li.

367
00:21:04,470 --> 00:21:05,720
I'd like to talk to you.

368
00:21:05,804 --> 00:21:08,224
Your friends will be
waiting for us in the library.

369
00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:14,730
SOKKA: Why won't you let us
talk to the king?

370
00:21:14,813 --> 00:21:17,733
We have information that could
defeat the Fire Nation!

371
00:21:17,816 --> 00:21:21,486
LONG FENG: The Earth King has no time
to get involved with political squabbles

372
00:21:21,570 --> 00:21:23,910
and the day-to-day minutia
of military activities.

373
00:21:23,989 --> 00:21:27,329
AANG: This could be the most
important thing he's ever heard.

374
00:21:27,409 --> 00:21:29,789
What's most important to his royal majesty

375
00:21:29,870 --> 00:21:33,250
is maintaining
the cultural heritage of Ba Sing Se.

376
00:21:33,332 --> 00:21:36,422
All his duties relate to
issuing decrees on such matters.

377
00:21:36,502 --> 00:21:41,632
It's my job to oversee the rest of the
city's resources, including the military.

378
00:21:41,966 --> 00:21:44,006
So the king is just a figurehead.

379
00:21:44,093 --> 00:21:45,513
He's your puppet.

380
00:21:45,594 --> 00:21:47,474
Oh, no, no.

381
00:21:47,555 --> 00:21:50,965
His majesty is an icon,
a god to his people.

382
00:21:51,058 --> 00:21:54,848
He can't sully his hands
with the hourly changes of an endless war.

383
00:21:54,937 --> 00:21:56,767
But we found out about a solar eclipse

384
00:21:56,855 --> 00:21:58,935
that will leave
the Fire Nation defenseless.

385
00:21:59,024 --> 00:22:00,534
You could lead an invasion...

386
00:22:00,609 --> 00:22:02,989
Enough, I don't want to hear
your ridiculous plan.

387
00:22:03,070 --> 00:22:07,990
It is the strict policy of Ba Sing Se that
the war not be mentioned within the walls.

388
00:22:08,117 --> 00:22:10,157
Constant news of an escalating war

389
00:22:10,286 --> 00:22:13,246
will throw the citizens of Ba Sing Se
into a state of panic.

390
00:22:14,248 --> 00:22:16,328
You have to believe me,
they're firebenders.

391
00:22:16,417 --> 00:22:18,627
They won't stop until they win the war.

392
00:22:19,837 --> 00:22:22,257
Calm down, you're safe now.

393
00:22:25,593 --> 00:22:27,343
Our economy would be ruined,

394
00:22:27,469 --> 00:22:30,219
our peaceful way of life,
our traditions would disappear.

395
00:22:31,348 --> 00:22:34,138
There's no war in Ba Sing Se.

396
00:22:34,810 --> 00:22:36,100
What are you talking about?

397
00:22:36,186 --> 00:22:39,266
Where do you think all the refugees
come from? You can't hide it.

398
00:22:40,482 --> 00:22:45,112
In silencing talk of conflict, Ba Sing Se
remains a peaceful, orderly utopia.

399
00:22:45,654 --> 00:22:47,454
The last one on Earth.

400
00:22:48,866 --> 00:22:50,326
(MUFFLED GRUNTING)

401
00:22:50,993 --> 00:22:53,083
There is no war within the walls.

402
00:22:53,162 --> 00:22:54,452
Here we are safe.

403
00:22:55,205 --> 00:22:57,745
Here we are free.

404
00:22:59,752 --> 00:23:02,132
You can't keep the truth
from all these people.

405
00:23:02,212 --> 00:23:03,342
They have to know.

406
00:23:03,589 --> 00:23:04,799
I'll tell them.

407
00:23:04,882 --> 00:23:06,762
I'll make sure everyone knows.

408
00:23:06,842 --> 00:23:09,302
Until now, you've been treated
as our honored guest.

409
00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:13,560
But from now on, you will be
watched every moment by Dai Li agents.

410
00:23:13,682 --> 00:23:17,352
If you mention the war to anyone,
you will be expelled from the city.

411
00:23:17,728 --> 00:23:20,098
I understand you've been
looking for your bison.

412
00:23:20,189 --> 00:23:23,859
It would be quite a shame if you were
not able to complete your quest.

413
00:23:25,319 --> 00:23:27,859
Now Joo Dee will show you home.

414
00:23:30,199 --> 00:23:31,989
WOMAN: Come with me, please.

415
00:23:32,076 --> 00:23:33,366
What happened to Joo Dee?

416
00:23:33,827 --> 00:23:34,987
I'm Joo Dee.

417
00:23:35,079 --> 00:23:38,539
I'll be your host as long
as you're in our wonderful city.