Disclaimer: Avatar the Last Airbender copyright Dante Dimartino, Brian Konietzko and Nickelodeon Studios.
"Nonsense!"
"Is it? You seized Lord Tatsuo's mines and ordered his arrest-"
"For crimes against the Fire Nation!"
"Of course, but the people don't know that. Any more then they know the reason why the Water Tribe is at war with the Earth Kingdom or why their new Fire Lord sneers at the ceremonies and traditions that have governed the Fire Nation for centuries." Mai held up Katara's recently captured Lotus tile. "From the outside, Tatsuo's narrative looks true; that you're just a power hungry waterbender. Arresting him will only cement that belief and push his supporters to civil war."
