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"The council will stop you."
Mai's words startled Katara out of her painful speculation. She cast the noblewoman a wary frown, trying to determine exactly which action was in question. "I am Fire Lord."
"So was Ozai. Is it your intention to finish what he couldn't? Will the world bow to a waterbender or be drowned?"
"My tribe is fighting a war they cannot win. I have an army at my disposal, yet you ask me to continue standing by and do nothing?!"
"I know you fear for your people, but we're, your people now too. Don't our lives matter?"
