[Sure. She'd partly wanted to just cause trouble. But there was also... something she couldn't quite name. Something strange that had just made her angry. Made her want a fight.]
Think about it--
Father and Mother die in a war. We're removed from a ruined home. And put under a stranger's care. Even if we're well taken care of.
No news about the war. No sign anyone's doing anything.
How would you feel?
I'd be angry at everyone. The idea that no one cares.
[It's strange. Because there's so much about her that she can't put a word to. That she can't express.]
And what if the war comes to them?
War doesn't care if you're a child or not. And they won't know a thing about what's going on. Can't prepare. Can't even plan to run.
[She doesn't like it. Being this angry over something she can't name. Maybe it's the idea of no one caring. Or having ignorance forced upon you. She took Ba Sing-Se with little bloodshed and few causalities. But that isn't the normal Fire Nation way.
Even if she didn't disapprove, there's something that makes her sick about not knowing. About it being kept from them. But if the Fire Nation had broken through the walls? They wouldn't have spared children just because they were young.
Or the idea that no one cared. Letting children think they weren't noticed outside of this one woman. Maybe a few others if she let them visit. But to hear nothing of the war that had killed their families? She'd have been furious at the world. And, upon learning that she'd been lied to for her own "protection"? Furious at the woman.
That others might think differently...
Well, 'other people' is never something she's been good at.]
How would you have reacted? If you were one of these children?
Aug 20th, late afternoon : voice
[Sure. She'd partly wanted to just cause trouble. But there was also... something she couldn't quite name. Something strange that had just made her angry. Made her want a fight.]
Think about it--
Father and Mother die in a war. We're removed from a ruined home. And put under a stranger's care. Even if we're well taken care of.
No news about the war. No sign anyone's doing anything.
How would you feel?
I'd be angry at everyone. The idea that no one cares.
[It's strange. Because there's so much about her that she can't put a word to. That she can't express.]
And what if the war comes to them?
War doesn't care if you're a child or not. And they won't know a thing about what's going on. Can't prepare. Can't even plan to run.
[She doesn't like it. Being this angry over something she can't name. Maybe it's the idea of no one caring. Or having ignorance forced upon you. She took Ba Sing-Se with little bloodshed and few causalities. But that isn't the normal Fire Nation way.
Even if she didn't disapprove, there's something that makes her sick about not knowing. About it being kept from them. But if the Fire Nation had broken through the walls? They wouldn't have spared children just because they were young.
Or the idea that no one cared. Letting children think they weren't noticed outside of this one woman. Maybe a few others if she let them visit. But to hear nothing of the war that had killed their families? She'd have been furious at the world. And, upon learning that she'd been lied to for her own "protection"? Furious at the woman.
That others might think differently...
Well, 'other people' is never something she's been good at.]
How would you have reacted? If you were one of these children?