Should be addressed in the plural. The resolve falls short. There's a danger in flying too close to the sea, too. Reverse-Icarus syndrome. Your feet will catch.
Icarus fell to a mistake in planning. Made his wings with wax and failed to account for the heat of the Sun. These extensions are lacking in substance. [a beat.] Your plans need work.
[eyeroll. wow, it's already obvious that this is azula, but she's going to keep it quiet for a little longer because she is trying to explain something here oh my god.]
The fraction isn't enough. It's minimal. You need— [she makes a useless hand gesture, frustrated with her inability to express this. recycle, reuse something, what did she say before that can - ] You can't leave the equation unsolved. It's sense. Your senses will forget if it's not... resolved. It needs the resolution.
[there's a longer pause and she sits there, frowns, mutters to herself incoherently; she's trying to think of what to do. it's unclear, it's never clear, but she can— there's a solution to this, she's taking a long path that doesn't end, there's a way to make it shorter, something easy if she can just—]
I'm saving my feet.
[she leans up and types a message that appears on the screen a moment later.]
I will work at my new purpose, which is to help the people that I love and defend them as they would defend me. I will always be a soldier, but I'm also more than that. I'm a daughter and I'm a younger sister first.
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I'm aware.
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I have no idea what you're talking about, but I like the resolution.
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Wanting to be happy with my life doesn't "need work".
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The fraction isn't enough. It's minimal. You need— [she makes a useless hand gesture, frustrated with her inability to express this. recycle, reuse something, what did she say before that can - ] You can't leave the equation unsolved. It's sense. Your senses will forget if it's not... resolved. It needs the resolution.
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It's not minimal. Nothing is going unsolved. I just have to work my way around a new purpose.
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[there's a longer pause and she sits there, frowns, mutters to herself incoherently; she's trying to think of what to do. it's unclear, it's never clear, but she can— there's a solution to this, she's taking a long path that doesn't end, there's a way to make it shorter, something easy if she can just—]
I'm saving my feet.
[she leans up and types a message that appears on the screen a moment later.]
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Yes.
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[doubtful tone.]
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Living it was implied. I wasn't going to figure it out and then ignore it.
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I will work at my new purpose, which is to help the people that I love and defend them as they would defend me. I will always be a soldier, but I'm also more than that. I'm a daughter and I'm a younger sister first.
And that's the end of it.
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No, I didn't "lose" anything.