Avatar: The Last Airbender (TV Series)
City of Walls and Secrets (2006)
Mae Whitman: Katara
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Quotes
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Katara : I've got it! I know how we're gonna see the Earth King!
Toph Beifong : How are we supposed to do that?
Toph Beifong : [Mimicking Joo Dee] One doesn't just pop in on the Earth King.
Katara : The King is having a party at the palace tonight for his pet bear.
Aang : You mean Platypus-Bear?
Sokka : Certainly you mean his pet Skunk-Bear.
Toph Beifong : Or his Armadillo-Bear.
Sokka : Certainly you mean his pet Skunk-Bear.
Aang : Gopher-Bear?
Katara : Just... Bear.
Toph Beifong : This place is weird.
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Sokka : Why won't you let us talk to the King? We have information that could defeat the Fire Nation!
Long Feng : The Earth King has no time to get involved with political squabbles and the day to day minutia of military activities.
Aang : This could be the most important thing he has ever heard.
Long Feng : What's most important to his royal majesty is maintaining the cultural heritage of Ba Sing Se. All his duties relate to issuing decrees on such matters. It's my job to oversea the rest of the city's resources, including the military.
Katara : So the King is just a figurehead.
Toph Beifong : [Furious] He's your puppet!
Long Feng : Oh, no, no! His majesty is an icon, a god to his people. He can't sully his hands with the hourly change of an endless war.
Sokka : But we found out about a solar eclipse that will leave the Fire Nation defenseless. You could lead an invasion...
Long Feng : [Stands up suddenly, cutting Sokka off] Enough, I don't want to hear your ridiculous plan! It is the strict policy of Ba Sing Se that the war not be mentioned within the walls. Constant news of an escalating war will throw the citizens of Ba Sing Se into a state of panic. Our economy would be ruined. Our peaceful way of life, our traditions would disappear. In silencing talk of conflict, Ba Sing Se remains a peaceful, orderly utopia. The last one on Earth.
Katara : You can't keep the truth from all these people. They have to know.
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Katara : The palace will be packed. We can sneak in with the crowd.
Toph Beifong : Won't work.
Katara : Why not?
Toph Beifong : Well, no offense to you simple country folk, but a real society crowd would spot you a mile away. You've got no manners.
Katara : Excuse me? I've got no manners? You're not exactly Lady Fancy Fingers.
Toph Beifong : [Toph burps] I learned proper society behavior and *chose* to leave it. You never learned anything. And frankly, it's a little too late.
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Joo Dee : This is the lower ring.
Katara : What's that wall for?
Joo Dee : Oh, Ba Sing Se has many walls. There are the ones outside protecting us, and the ones inside that help maintain order. This is where our newest arrivals live, as well as our craftsman and artisans, people that work with their hands. It's so quaint and lively.
[Cut to a shot of two shady men conversing in an alley. One of them is holding a large sword that glistens in the light. Both glare at the carriage as it passes]
Joo Dee : You do want to watch your step, though.
Katara : Why do they have all these poor people blocked off in one part of the city?
Aang : This is why I never came here before. I always heard it was so different from the way the monks taught us to live.
