Prolouge
As Sozin set his plan into motion by sending his forces to all the air temples, He was taken aback upon receiving a report of an Earth Kingdom camp with a battle tank camping at the base of the mountain. He promptly dispatched a messenger to see why they were there. And as time went on, days passed, and still no report on what happened, He grew increasingly impatient and agitated the whole time. As he debated whether to set sail to check up on the area, He was perplexed as to why he had received a request from a general to engage in combat with the Earth Kingdom soldiers who lay nearby to them.
"Why?' he inquired, his voice tinged with confusion."
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General Haijin was profoundly displeased when one of his servants started sucking his teeth whenever he gave him an order, He initially dismissed it saying "maybe he has something stuck in his teeth" but when it kept happening it was maddening the war general. But on a fateful day that would alter the course of history, General Haijin asked the servant,
"What is wrong with you? Would you disrespect a war general who has fought valiantly on the battlefield?"
But the servant did not respond. After Haijin slammed his foot on the pavement, only then did the servant respond
With a quick and grumbled tone.
"My apologies, General Haijin."
But this was not enough to satisfy the exasperating seasoned general. Haijin demanded the servant kneel before him in submission, Perhaps the servant gained a bit of confidence? Maybe his head got too invested in his daydreams to tell what was real and what was going on? Because the next words he uttered were far from submissive to the red-faced man. It was more of a defiant retort.
"Why should I?"