"I don't know why she wanted to die, even if it meant proving that we could kill people," Aang said. "Did she think we couldn't do it?"
Killing was easy if you had power. Letting people live was hard.
He thought of Hama, the waterbender they'd met who had turned her powers against Fire Nation civilians after they had captured her, and tried to recruit Katara. Hama had forced Katara to use bloodbending to save their lives, believing that teaching Katara this was more important than Hama's freedom.
"She did. She thought you needed to be the kind of person who could kill whole worlds to be a Hero, like she was. But I don't want to be that sort of Hero."
Aang looked at Ramza. "Can we keep her from teleporting if we can save her? It's a shame we can't just leave her somewhere else until we fix the Calamity." But she could travel between worlds.
He didn't want to admit Palitutu was right; that they had to sacrifice people to win. But he wasn't stupid. He didn't think Palitutu would understand why those that chose this were choosing this. Certainly she wouldn't thank them.
"I think we should be discussing this, even if we have to fight about it now. It's better to come to an agreement than let people who weren't heard resent it later. That would be a lot worse for people being friends. I want to find another way but... but there might not be another way. Or not one we can find in time."
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Killing was easy if you had power. Letting people live was hard.
He thought of Hama, the waterbender they'd met who had turned her powers against Fire Nation civilians after they had captured her, and tried to recruit Katara. Hama had forced Katara to use bloodbending to save their lives, believing that teaching Katara this was more important than Hama's freedom.
"She did. She thought you needed to be the kind of person who could kill whole worlds to be a Hero, like she was. But I don't want to be that sort of Hero."
Aang looked at Ramza. "Can we keep her from teleporting if we can save her? It's a shame we can't just leave her somewhere else until we fix the Calamity." But she could travel between worlds.
He didn't want to admit Palitutu was right; that they had to sacrifice people to win. But he wasn't stupid. He didn't think Palitutu would understand why those that chose this were choosing this. Certainly she wouldn't thank them.
"I think we should be discussing this, even if we have to fight about it now. It's better to come to an agreement than let people who weren't heard resent it later. That would be a lot worse for people being friends. I want to find another way but... but there might not be another way. Or not one we can find in time."