The Escape

We watch the warden speak to the new prisoners—his usual tirade of not escaping—then we have to lead Zuko and Suki back to their cells. Sokka wants to go looking for him father, so we set out to search for him. It's not hard to find him—he's in the same row as the rest of the new arrivals. While Sokka reunites with his father, I go back to my 'rightful place' in the Warden's guard. He's about to interrogate Chin Sang about our escape.

"Are you comfortable, Chin Sang?" the Warden dangerously asks as he walks in.

At first, I think Chin Sang is going to rat us out. "If you're trying to get me to talk, forget it!" he exclaims. "I'm not a squealer."

The Warden laughs. "I only asked if you were comfortable."

Chin Sang looks surprised, then ashamed for almost giving himself away. "Well, yeah, actually. I am pretty comfortable." How he can be fine in a ramrod straight chair with his hands bound to the arms is beyond me, though.

Suddenly, the Warden kicks the chair facedown, with Chin Sang's face squashed between the head and the floor.

"Are you still comfortable?"

"No."

"I know you and your cronies are not smart enough to come up with that little escape plan," the Warden tells him. "So you're going to tell me who is."

He laughs and turns his back on the prisoner. Chin Sang's guards slide into the room to turn his chair right-side-up, and the door clangs closed behind them.

"Sir," I ask tentatively, "how do you know he will talk?"

"Oh, I know," he responds, already walking away. "Believe me, he will talk."