0:02 - 0:03	Water...
0:04 - 0:06	Earth...
0:06 - 0:08	Fire...
0:08 - 0:11	Air.
0:11 - 0:12	Long ago...
0:12 - 0:15	The four nations lived together in harmony.
0:15 - 0:19	Then everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked.
0:19 - 0:23	Only the Avatar master of all four elements could stop them.
0:23 - 0:25	But when the world needed him most
0:25 - 0:27	he vanished.
0:27 - 0:31	100 years passed, and my brother and I discovered the new Avatar
0:31 - 0:32	an airbender named Aang.
0:33 - 0:35	And although his airbending skills were great
0:35 - 0:37	he has a lot to learn before he's ready to save anyone.
0:37 - 0:38	Oof.
0:39 - 0:42	But I believe Aang can save the world.
0:42 - 0:44	( ... )
0:50 - 0:52	Blending in is better than hiding out.
0:53 - 0:54	If we get Fire Nation disguises,
0:54 - 0:57	we'll be just as safe as we would be hiding in a cave.
0:57 - 0:59	You have no right to judge me, Uncle.
1:00 - 1:04	I did what I had to do in Ba Sing Se, and you were a fool for not joining me.
1:07 - 1:10	I see you favor the White Lotus Gambit.
1:10 - 1:12	Not many still cling to the ancient ways.
1:13 - 1:16	Those who do can always find a friend.
1:26 - 1:29	Wow, this is amazing to watch.
1:29 - 1:32	Kind of makes you realize how insignificant we are.
1:32 - 1:36	Eh, you've seen nothing once, you've seen it 1,000 times.
1:38 - 1:39	Oh, man.
1:39 - 1:41	You've never not seen anything like this.
1:57 - 1:59	The fire is gonna destroy that town.
1:59 - 2:01	Not if we can stop it.
2:04 - 2:05	There's a creek over here.
2:05 - 2:07	I'll bend the water on to the fire.
2:07 - 2:10	Toph, let's make a trench to keep the fire from coming any closer.
2:12 - 2:13	What should I do?
2:14 - 2:15	Keep an eye on Momo.
2:16 - 2:19	So what, I'm just a lemur-sitter?
2:19 - 2:20	There, there.
2:20 - 2:21	Feel better?
2:58 - 3:00	Sokka, stand clear.
3:01 - 3:02	Right, stand clear.
3:02 - 3:04	Got it.
3:13 - 3:16	Good work, everybody.
3:34 - 3:36	Look at you.
3:36 - 3:38	You're just a fat, disgusting old man.
3:39 - 3:40	You do nothing, you say nothing.
3:40 - 3:44	You just eat and roll around in your own filth like a pig.
3:45 - 3:46	You're a disgrace.
4:01 - 4:05	These people have no idea how close they were to getting toasted last night.
4:05 - 4:08	Yeah, the worst thing about being in disguise
4:08 - 4:10	is we don't get the hero worship anymore.
4:10 - 4:12	I miss the love.
4:12 - 4:14	Boo-hoo, poor heroes.
4:15 - 4:16	What's your problem?
4:17 - 4:19	You haven't even touched your smoked sea slug.
4:19 - 4:22	It's just, all you guys can do this awesome bending stuff
4:22 - 4:27	like putting out forest fires, and flying around, and making other stuff fly around.
4:27 - 4:29	I can't fly around, OK?
4:29 - 4:32	I can't do anything.
4:32 - 4:33	That's not true.
4:33 - 4:35	No one can read a map like you.
4:36 - 4:37	I can't read at all.
4:37 - 4:40	Yeah, and who keeps us laughing with sarcastic comments all the time?
4:40 - 4:43	I mean, look at Katara's hair, right?
4:43 - 4:45	What's up with that? What?
4:45 - 4:46	What's wrong with my hair?
4:47 - 4:48	Nothing, I was just trying to...
4:49 - 4:51	Look, I appreciate the effort, but the fact is
4:52 - 4:56	each of you is so amazing and so special, and I'm not.
4:58 - 5:00	I'm just the guy in the group who's regular.
5:04 - 5:05	I'm sorry you're feeling so down,
5:05 - 5:08	but I hope you know none of us see you that way.
5:10 - 5:13	I know something that's gonna make you feel better.
5:13 - 5:14	You do?
5:14 - 5:16	Shopping.
5:17 - 5:21	Maybe a little something to reinvigorate my battling.
5:21 - 5:22	Hey, how about these?
5:23 - 5:24	Hi-ya!
5:24 - 5:26	"Smack-a-dacka-doo!"
5:30 - 5:32	What do you think?
5:34 - 5:36	Pretty slick, huh?
5:36 - 5:38	All I need to complete the outfit is a wind sword.
5:38 - 5:39	What's a wind sword?
5:39 - 5:41	It's where I get a sword handle
5:41 - 5:44	And then I just swing this around and bend air out like a blade.
5:47 - 5:50	Yeah, nice.
5:52 - 5:54	I'll just stick to what I got.
6:19 - 6:21	Ooh.
6:22 - 6:24	That's what Sokka's talking about.
6:24 - 6:25	You have a good eye.
6:25 - 6:27	That's an original from Piandao
6:27 - 6:30	the greatest sword master and sword maker in Fire Nation history.
6:30 - 6:32	He lives in the big castle up the road from here.
6:33 - 6:35	That's it.
6:35 - 6:36	That's what you needed all along, Sokka.
6:37 - 6:38	A sword?
6:38 - 6:39	Not the sword.
6:39 - 6:40	A master.
6:40 - 6:42	We've all had masters to help us get better.
6:43 - 6:44	You should see if you can study with Piandao.
6:45 - 6:46	That's a great idea.
6:46 - 6:49	I could've never gotten to where I am without Master Pakku.
6:49 - 6:50	Everyone needs a teacher.
6:51 - 6:53	I learned from badger moles.
6:53 - 6:55	They don't talk, but they're still good teachers.
6:56 - 6:59	It would be nice to be a master swordfighter.
7:00 - 7:01	All right, I'll talk to him.
7:27 - 7:28	Can I help you?
7:30 - 7:32	I've come to train with the master.
7:32 - 7:36	You should know the master turns almost everyone away.
7:36 - 7:38	What did you bring him to prove your worth?
7:39 - 7:41	Well, uh...
7:41 - 7:43	Right.
7:43 - 7:44	Let's get this over with.
7:55 - 7:57	Master, my name is Sokka,
7:57 - 8:00	and I wish to be instructed in the way of the sword.
8:00 - 8:01	Sokka.
8:01 - 8:03	That's an unusual name.
8:03 - 8:05	Oh, uh, really?
8:05 - 8:07	Uh, where I come from, the Fire Nation colonies
8:07 - 8:11	it's a pretty normal name, for Fire Nation colonials.
8:11 - 8:12	Let me guess.
8:13 - 8:15	You've come hundreds of miles from your little village
8:15 - 8:18	where you're the best swordsman in town
8:18 - 8:21	and you think you deserve to learn from the master.
8:21 - 8:24	Well, actually, I've been all over the world.
8:24 - 8:26	Yep, here we go.
8:26 - 8:30	And I know one thing for sure, I have a lot to learn.
8:31 - 8:34	You're not doing a very good job of selling yourself.
8:35 - 8:36	I know.
8:36 - 8:39	Your butler told me that when I met you, I would have to prove my worth
8:39 - 8:42	But the truth is, I don't know if I am worthy.
8:42 - 8:44	Hm, I see.
8:45 - 8:50	Well, then, let's find out together how worthy you are.
8:52 - 8:54	I will train you.
9:00 - 9:04	The first thing you must learn is that your weapon is an extension of yourself.
9:04 - 9:08	You must think of it as another part of your own body.
9:10 - 9:11	Like a second head.
9:11 - 9:16	Well, more like an extra-long, really sharp arm.
9:16 - 9:20	The sword is a simple tool, but in the hands of a master
9:20 - 9:26	it becomes the most versatile of weapons, and just as the imagination is limitless
9:26 - 9:29	so too are the possibilities of the sword.
9:32 - 9:33	What should we do today?
9:33 - 9:34	I'm tapped out.
9:35 - 9:36	I already picked my toes, twice.
9:37 - 9:38	Twice?
9:38 - 9:40	The first time was for cleaning,
9:40 - 9:43	but the second time's just for the sweet picking sensation.
9:44 - 9:45	Sokka's been in charge of the schedule.
9:45 - 9:47	I'm not sure what we should be doing.
9:47 - 9:50	Plus, it's so hot today.
9:51 - 9:52	How hot is it?
9:52 - 9:53	I don't know.
9:53 - 9:54	Real hot?
9:54 - 10:00	It's so hot, it's so hot, Momo is shedding like Appa.
10:00 - 10:04	Huh, huh?
10:05 - 10:07	I guess the jokes don't run in the family.
10:07 - 10:09	Oh, everyone's a critic.
10:21 - 10:26	The warrior practices a variety of arts to keep his mind sharp and fluid.
10:26 - 10:29	The first you will learn is calligraphy.
10:29 - 10:31	Write your name.
10:31 - 10:34	Writing my name will make me a better swordsman?
10:34 - 10:38	When you write your name, you stamp the paper with your identity.
10:38 - 10:43	You must learn to use your sword to stamp your identity on a battlefield.
10:47 - 10:53	Remember, you cannot take back a stroke of the brush, or a stroke of the sword.
10:57 - 10:59	You are getting ink on your face.
10:59 - 11:01	I am?
11:01 - 11:02	I am.
11:02 - 11:04	So this is about putting my identity on the page, right?
11:30 - 11:34	Landscape painting teaches a warrior to hold the lay of the land in his mind.
11:38 - 11:41	In battle, you only have an instant to take everything in.
11:50 - 11:52	Now, paint it.
11:53 - 11:54	And no peeking.
12:09 - 12:12	I'm finished.
12:14 - 12:15	You added a rainbow.
12:16 - 12:18	Is that OK?
12:25 - 12:27	Sokka.
12:29 - 12:31	Concentrate on what you're doing.
12:33 - 12:36	Rock gardening teaches the warrior to manipulate his surroundings
12:37 - 12:39	and use them to his advantage.
12:40 - 12:43	Hm, manipulate them to my advantage.
12:44 - 12:45	Oh.
13:00 - 13:03	Ah.
13:06 - 13:08	Hey, would you mind grabbing a cold drink for me?
13:09 - 13:11	I'll take a slice of lemon in mine, please.
13:50 - 13:52	What's going on in there?
13:57 - 13:59	Crazy old man.
14:05 - 14:07	So where are we going next?
14:08 - 14:09	We're starting from here.
14:09 - 14:11	No, we're over on this island.
14:11 - 14:14	You noodle-brains don't know what you're doing.
14:14 - 14:16	I miss Sokka.
14:16 - 14:18	Ooh, I got one.
14:18 - 14:22	If you miss him so much, why don't you marry him?
14:29 - 14:31	You've had a good first day of training.
14:31 - 14:33	I have?
14:33 - 14:35	But I thought I messed up every single thing we worked on.
14:36 - 14:39	You messed things up in a very special way.
14:39 - 14:42	You are ready for a real sword.
14:43 - 14:44	Are you giving me one of yours?
14:44 - 14:45	No.
14:46 - 14:49	Your sword must be an extension of yourself
14:49 - 14:53	So tomorrow, you will make your own sword.
15:02 - 15:06	Choosing the correct material is the most important step in crafting a sword.
15:06 - 15:09	You must trust your steel with your life.
15:09 - 15:10	Choose carefully.
15:17 - 15:19	Master, would it be possible for me to
15:19 - 15:22	leave and bring back a special material for my sword?
15:22 - 15:24	I wouldn't have it any other way.
15:27 - 15:29	Sokka's coming.
15:29 - 15:31	Hey, guys. What are you doing?
15:31 - 15:32	Sokka? You're back.
15:32 - 15:34	We missed you so much.
15:34 - 15:36	Say something funny.
15:36 - 15:37	Funny how?
15:40 - 15:41	What's their deal?
15:42 - 15:43	I don't know.
15:43 - 15:45	They missed you or something.
15:45 - 15:46	I didn't care.
15:46 - 15:49	Thanks. That warms my heart.
15:49 - 15:50	Anyway, I need some help.
16:26 - 16:27	Who's this?
16:27 - 16:29	Oh, these are my friends.
16:29 - 16:31	Just other good Fire Nation folks.
16:33 - 16:35	Do you think we can make a sword out of a meteorite?
16:36 - 16:40	We'll make a sword unlike any other in the world.
17:38 - 17:42	Sokka, when you first arrived, you were so unsure.
17:42 - 17:45	You even seemed down on yourself.
17:45 - 17:47	But I saw something in you right away.
17:47 - 17:52	I saw a heart as strong as a lion turtle, and twice as big
17:52 - 17:56	and as we trained, it wasn't your skills that impressed me.
17:57 - 18:00	No, it certainly wasn't your skills.
18:01 - 18:05	You showed something beyond that.
18:05 - 18:10	Creativity, versatility, intelligence.
18:10 - 18:13	These are the traits that define a great swordsman
18:13 - 18:17	and these are the traits that define you.
18:17 - 18:21	You told me you didn't know if you were worthy
18:21 - 18:27	but I believe that you are more worthy than any man I have ever trained.
18:30 - 18:32	I'm sorry, master.
18:32 - 18:33	You're wrong.
18:33 - 18:35	I am not worthy.
18:36 - 18:37	I'm not who you think I am.
18:37 - 18:38	I'm not from the Fire Nation.
18:38 - 18:41	I'm from the Southern Water Tribe.
18:41 - 18:44	I lied so that I could learn swordsmanship from you.
18:44 - 18:45	I'm sorry.
18:47 - 18:49	I'm sorry, too.
18:52 - 18:56	No, this is my fight, alone.
19:00 - 19:03	You used to be the pride of the Fire Nation.
19:03 - 19:06	Our top general, The Dragon of the West.
19:06 - 19:10	Now, look at you.
19:10 - 19:12	Look what you've become.
20:05 - 20:07	Excellent.
20:07 - 20:09	Using your superior agility against an older opponent.
20:09 - 20:10	Smart.
20:27 - 20:29	Good use of terrain.
20:29 - 20:30	Fighting from the high ground.
20:56 - 20:58	Yes, use your surroundings.
20:58 - 21:00	Make them fight for you.
21:17 - 21:19	Very resourceful.
21:48 - 21:50	Excellent work, Sokka.
21:58 - 22:01	I think I'm a little old to be fighting the Avatar.
22:03 - 22:04	How did you know?
22:04 - 22:06	Oh, I've been around a while.
22:06 - 22:08	You pick things up.
22:08 - 22:10	Of course, I knew from the beginning that Sokka was Water Tribe.
22:11 - 22:15	You might want to think of a better Fire Nation cover name.
22:15 - 22:16	Try "Lee."
22:16 - 22:18	There's a million Lees.
22:18 - 22:22	But why would you agree to train someone from the water tribe?
22:22 - 22:25	The way of the sword doesn't belong to any one nation.
22:25 - 22:28	Knowledge of the arts belongs to us all.
22:31 - 22:36	Sokka, you must continue your training on your own.
22:36 - 22:40	If you stay on this path, I know that one day
22:40 - 22:43	you will become an even greater master than I am.
22:52 - 22:54	Wait.
22:55 - 22:59	The master wanted you to have this, as something to remember him by.
23:06 - 23:07	It's a Pai Sho tile.
23:08 - 23:09	The White Lotus. Hm.
23:10 - 23:11	What does it mean?
23:11 - 23:12	I have no idea.
23:16 - 23:17	Ooh, that reminds me.
23:17 - 23:19	Toph, I thought you might like this
23:19 - 23:22	Since you've probably never had a chance to bend space earth before.
23:23 - 23:24	Sweet.
23:26 - 23:27	Check this out.
23:30 - 23:32	You know, I don't think there's such a thing as "space earth."
23:32 - 23:35	If it's from space, then it's not really earth.
23:35 - 23:37	Must you ruin everything?
23:37 - 23:39	I can't believe I missed you.
23:46 - 23:50	( ... )