1. Water, earth,
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2. fire, air...
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3. Long ago, the four nations
lived together in harmony.
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4. Then everything changed
when the Fire Nation attacked.
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5. Only the Avatar, master of all
four elements, could stop them.
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6. But when the world needed him most,
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7. he vanished.
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8. A hundred years passed, and my brother
and I discovered the new Avatar,
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9. an airbender named Aang.
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10. And although his
airbending skills are great,
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11. he has a lot to learn
before he's ready to save anyone.
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12. But I believe Aang can save the world.
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13. So, travelers,
the next time you think you hear
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14. a strange large bird talking,
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15. take a closer look. It might not be
a giant parrot, but a flying man,
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16. a member of a secret group
of airwalkers who laugh at gravity
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17. and laugh at those
bound to the earth by it.
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18. Aren't airbender stories the best?
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19. Was it realistic?
Is that how it was back then?
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20. I laugh at gravity all the time.
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21. Ha ha! Gravity.
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22. Jingle, jingle.
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23. Sorry.
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24. Aw. Cheapskates.
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25. Hey, thanks for the story.
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26. Tell it to the cap, boy.
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27. Aw. Much obliged, little bat thing.
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28. It means a lot
to hear airbender stories.
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29. It must have been a hundred years ago
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30. your great-grandpa met them.
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31. What are you prattling about, child?
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32. Great-grandpappy
saw the airwalkers last week.
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33. We're almost
to the Northern Air Temple.
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34. This is where
they had the championships
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35. for sky bison polo.
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36. Do you think
we'll really find airbenders?
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37. You want me to be like you
or totally honest?
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38. Are you saying I'm a liar?
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39. I'm saying you're an optimist.
Same thing, basically.
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40. Hey, guys, look at this!
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41. They really are airbenders!
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42. No, they're not.
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43. What do you mean, they're not?
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44. Those guys are flying!
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45. Gliding maybe, but not flying.
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46. You can tell by the way they move
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47. they're not airbending.
Those people have no spirit.
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48. Oh! Oh!
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49. I don't know, Aang.
That kid seemed pretty spirited.
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50. Ow!
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51. We'd better find some solid ground
before it finds us.
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52. Ha ha!
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53. Go, Teo!
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54. Show that bald kid how it's done!
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55. Hey there. You're pretty good.
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56. Yeah, I know.
But I can do more than fancy gliding.
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57. Wow! I don't think I can do that.
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58. But here's a good one.
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59. What do you think?
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60. It's great.
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61. Hey, you're a real airbender.
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62. You must be the Avatar.
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63. That's amazing!
I've heard stories about you.
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64. Thanks.
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65. Wow! This glider chair is incredible.
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66. If you think this is good,
wait until you see
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67. the other stuff my dad designed.
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68. Wow!
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69. Yeah, my dad is the mastermind
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70. behind this whole place.
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71. Everything is powered by hot air.
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72. It even pumps hot air currents outside
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73. to give us a lift when we're gliding.
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74. This place is unbelievable.
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75. Yeah. It's great, isn't it?
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76. No. Just unbelievable.
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77. Aang used to come here
a long time ago.
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78. I think he's a little shocked
it's so different.
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79. So better!
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80. This is supposed to be
the history of my people.
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81. Ugh!
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82. I'm sure some parts of the temple
are still the same.
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83. It's nice to see at least
one part of the temple
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84. that isn't ruined.
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85. What the doodle? Don't you know enough
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86. to stay away from construction sites?
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87. We have to make room
for the bathhouse.
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88. Do you know what you did?
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89. You just destroyed something sacred
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90. for a stupid bathhouse.
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91. Well, people around here
are starting to stink.
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92. This whole place stinks.
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93. Hyah!
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94. This is a sacred temple.
You can't treat it this way.
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95. I've seen it when the monks were here.
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96. I know what it's supposed to be like.
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97. The monks? But you're 12.
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98. Dad, he's the Avatar.
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99. He used to come here
a hundred years ago.
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100. What are you doing?
Who said you could be here?
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101. Doing here...
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102. A long time ago,
but not a hundred years,
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103. my people became refugees
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104. after a terrible flood.
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105. My infant son, Teo, was badly hurt
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106. and lost his mother.
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107. I needed somewhere to rebuild,
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108. and I stumbled across this place.
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109. Couldn't believe it.
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110. Everywhere pictures of flying people,
but empty.
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111. Nobody home.
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112. Then I came across
these fan-like contraptions.
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113. Our gliders.
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114. Yes, little light flying machines.
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115. They gave me an idea...
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116. Build a new life for my son
in the air.
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117. Then everyone would be
on equal ground,
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118. so to speak.
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119. We're just in the process of
improving upon what's already here.
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120. And after all,
isn't that what nature does?
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121. Nature knows where to stop.
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122. I suppose that's true.
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123. Unfortunately, progress has a way
of getting away from us.
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124. Look at the time!
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125. Come. The pulley system
must be oiled before dark.
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126. Wait. How can you tell the time
from that thing?
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127. The notches all look the same.
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128. The candle will tell us. Watch.
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129. You put spark powder in the candle!
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130. Four flashes. So it's exactly
four hours past midday,
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131. or as I call it, four o'candle.
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132. Ha ha!
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133. If you liked that,
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134. wait till you see
my finger-safe knife sharpener.
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135. It only took me three tries
to get it right.
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136. Aah!
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137. Follow me.
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138. Hey, Aang,
I want to show you something.
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139. I just can't get over it.
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140. There's not a single thing
that's the same.
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141. I don't know about that.
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142. The temple might be different,
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143. but the creatures that live here are
probably direct descendants
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144. of the ones that lived here
a long time ago.
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145. You're right. They're kind of keepers
of the temple's origins.
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146. Besides, there is
one part of the temple
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147. that hasn't changed at all.
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148. Hey...
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149. It's just like the one
in the other air temple.
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150. Only an airbender can open it.
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151. So inside, it's completely untouched.
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152. Just the way the monks left it.
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153. I've always wondered
what it was like in there.
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154. Aang?
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155. I'm sorry.
This is the last part of the temple
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156. that's the same as it was.
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157. I want it to stay that way.
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158. I completely understand.
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159. I just wanted you to know it was here.
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160. Thanks.
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161. These lanterns are terrible.
I can't see.
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162. Why would you
want to use fireflies for light?
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163. Hey! Close that up. They'll get loose.
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164. Fireflies are
a nonflammable light source.
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165. Cover your nose and hold your breath.
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166. Ok. So you brought me
all the way down here
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167. to see an empty room.
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168. Wrong.
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169. It's filled to the brim
with natural gas.
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170. I came across it my first time here.
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171. Unfortunately, I was
carrying a torch at the time.
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172. Nearly blew myself and the whole place
even more sky-high.
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173. I thought my eyebrows
would never grow back.
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174. Anyway, there's a vital problem
that needs solving.
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175. From time to time, we have gas leaks.
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176. And they're nearly impossible to find.
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177. So this place is an explosion
waiting to happen.
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178. Yes. Until I figure out how to locate
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179. something I can't see,
hear, smell, or touch.
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180. The wind will carry you.
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181. It supports something inside you,
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182. something even lighter than air.
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183. And that something
takes over when you fly.
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184. I've changed my mind.
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185. I think I was born
without that something.
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186. Ha! Impossible. Everybody has it.
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187. Spirit.
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188. What?
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189. That's the something
you're talking about.
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190. Yeah. I suppose it is.
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191. Are you ready?
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192. No! Aah!
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193. I can't believe I'm flying!
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194. Just make sure
you keep your mouth closed
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195. so you don't swallow a bug.
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196. Teo was right about the air.
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197. All I had to do was trust it,
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198. let it carry me.
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199. Even though Teo's not an airbender,
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200. he really does have the spirit of one.
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201. I've been thinking.
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202. If you want to see
what's in that room,
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203. I'd be happy to open the door for you.
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204. - Great.
Wait!
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205. How do I land this thing?
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206. What if I land over in the...
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207. Blech! Bug. bug.
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208. That was a bug.
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209. I said, don't touch anything.
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210. Oh!
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211. Oh, don't worry.
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212. That experiment is old,
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213. and that egg was just
part of last week's lunch.
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214. Ugh!
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215. Week-old egg smell.
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216. Quick, find that egg.
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217. I can't believe I'm finally
going to see what's inside.
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218. How could something that's so small,
you can't even see it,
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219. make such a big stink?
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220. That's the solution to our problem.
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221. Yeah. If we put a whole mess
of rotten eggs
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222. in the cellar
where the gas seeps up...
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223. The gas will mix
with the smell of rotten eggs.
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224. Then if there's a leak...
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225. You smell rotten eggs.
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226. Then you just follow your nose
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227. to the place where the smell
is coming from...
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228. And plug up the hole
where the gas is escaping.
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229. - You're a genius!
- You're a genius!
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230. Something is wrong. I've got to go.
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231. This is a nightmare.
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232. You don't understand.
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233. You're making weapons
for the Fire Nation.
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234. You make weapons for the Fire Nation?
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235. Explain all this... Now!
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236. It was about a year
after we moved here.
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237. Fire Nation soldiers
found our settlement.
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238. You were too young
to remember this tale.
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239. They were going to destroy everything,
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240. burn it to the ground.
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241. I pleaded with them.
I begged them to spare us.
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242. They asked what I had to offer.
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243. I offered my services.
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244. You must understand.
I did this for you.
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245. When are they coming?
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246. Soon, very soon.
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247. You can't give them more weapons.
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248. If I don't give them what they want,
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249. they will destroy this place.
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250. How can I be proud of you
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are being used for murder?
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252. I need some time to think.
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253. You need to leave. Go.
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254. We're not leaving.
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255. Then hide quickly.
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256. You know better
than to keep me waiting.
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257. Give me what you owe us
so I can be on my way.
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258. Well? Is there a problem?
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259. No. Right this way.
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260. The deal is off.
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261. The Avatar.
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262. Aang, don't get involved.
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263. If I don't get what I came for,
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264. the Fire Nation
will burn this place to rubble.
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265. Get out of here.
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266. Uh!
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267. You're leaving empty-handed.
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268. Then the destruction of this temple
will be on your head.
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269. This is bad, very bad.
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270. Aang, what are we gonna do?
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271. How can we possibly
keep them all away?
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272. I'll tell you how.
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273. We have something they don't...
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274. Air power.
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275. We control the sky.
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276. That's something
the Fire Nation can't do.
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277. We can win.
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278. I want to help.
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279. Good. We'll need it.
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280. We finally got
the war balloon working,
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281. thanks to Sokka.
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282. This boy is a genius.
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283. Thank you. You're a genius.
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284. Thank you.
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285. See, the problem
with the old war balloon was,
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286. you could get it airborne,
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287. but once you did, it just kept going.
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288. You could put a hole in the top,
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289. but then all the hot air would escape.
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290. So the question became,
how do you keep a lid on hot air?
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291. Ugh. If only we knew.
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292. A lid is actually the answer.
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293. If you control the hot air,
you control the war balloon.
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294. Hmm, that's actually pretty smart.
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295. Ok. We got four kinds of bombs...
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296. Smoke, slime, fire, and...
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297. Stink.
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298. Never underestimate
the power of stink.
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299. They're coming!
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300. Are we ready?
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301. Yes, but where's Sokka
with the war balloon?
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302. We'll have to start without it.
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303. - Uhh!
- Uh!
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304. Ooh!
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305. Take them out of the sky now!
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306. We've got them on the run.
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307. We need more slime.
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308. Aah!
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309. Huh!
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310. Uhh... Uh!
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311. Whoa!
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312. Uh! Huh!
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313. Uh! Huh! Yaah!
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314. Those things are unstoppable.
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315. I think I know how they work.
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316. I remember my dad tinkering with
a counterbalancing system,
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317. something to do with water.
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318. Works great, huh?
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319. Water? Can you get me close to one?
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320. No problem.
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321. Huh!
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322. Huh!
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323. We're out of bombs.
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324. Come on, Sokka.
Where's that war balloon?
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325. Hey, why aren't they shooting at us?
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326. The insignia.
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327. They think we're on their side.
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328. Then I guess
they won't see this coming.
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329. Bombs away.
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330. Uh! Hey! Aah!
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331. Oh, no. That was the last one.
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332. Wait a second.
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333. You smell that?
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334. Rotten eggs. There.
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335. That's where the gas is escaping.
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336. What are you doing?
That's our fuel source.
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337. It's the only bomb we've got.
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338. Look. They're retreating.
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339. Yeah!
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340. We're going down!
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341. No! Sokka, hold on!
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342. Get ready.
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343. Oh!
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344. You know what?
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345. I'm really glad
you guys all live here now.
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346. I realized it's like the hermit crab.
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347. Maybe you weren't born here,
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348. but you found this empty shell
and made it your home,
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349. and now you protect each other.
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350. That means a lot coming from you.
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351. Aang, you were right about air power.
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352. As long as we've got the skies,
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353. we'll have the Fire Nation on the run.
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354. This defeat is the gateway
to many victories.
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