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| - In the twelfth episode of Avatar: The Last Airbender, the heroes find themselves critically short on money, forcing Sokka to take a job with a cranky old sailor. The sailor immediately recognises Aang, and angrily insults him- saying that if it wasn't for his cowardice, he could have prevented the war. A shocked Katara tries to defend her friend, but Aang flies away. Zuko apologizes for his earlier actions, and the fisherman apologizes for accusing Aang of abandoning the world. Both apologies are accepted, and the storm ends.
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| - In the twelfth episode of Avatar: The Last Airbender, the heroes find themselves critically short on money, forcing Sokka to take a job with a cranky old sailor. The sailor immediately recognises Aang, and angrily insults him- saying that if it wasn't for his cowardice, he could have prevented the war. A shocked Katara tries to defend her friend, but Aang flies away. Meanwhile, on his warship, Zuko is dealing with some apparent "insubordination" as the Captain finds himself loosing patience with the Prince's disregard of anything but the Avatar. When Zuko refuses to stop even for an oncoming storm, risking the crew, a fight nearly breaks out. Soon the storm does come, and forces both our heroes and villains to take cover- also prompting a story session. Aang explains to Katara about his childhood, and how the revelation that he was the Avatar lost him all his friends and freedom, which eventually caused him to run-away. His actions led to him disappearing from the world, leaving him with huge amounts of guilt for the war. Meanwhile, Iroh explains to the ship's crew the story of Zuko's scar and banishment, and the truth about his obsession of finding the avatar. A hundred years ago, Aang was just another monk at the Southern Air Temple when the head monks called for him, revealing his true identity as the Avatar. Traditionally, the Avatar's identity is not told until their sixteenth birthday, but the monks have seen signs that war is coming; The world will need the Avatar sooner than usual. The pressure was bad enough, but Aang's friends began to exclude him from their games because the Avatar would have too much of an advantage. Monk Gyatso tried to give Aang a normal life, but the other monks thought Gyatso was being overprotective. They decided Aang should continue his training to another Air Temple. This was too much for Aang- he ran away, eventually becoming caught in a storm and freezing himself and Appa in an iceberg. Zuko's troubles began two years ago, when he tried to get into a war meeting at the Fire Nation palace. Iroh allowed him to watch, but warned not to speak out- "These old folks are a bit sensitive, you know." During the meeting, a general proposed a plan that involved using a division of new recruits as bait. Zuko couldn't help but speak out against it, but even though he was right, it was not his place and he had shown disrespect. An Agni Kai was declared, and Zuko accepted, thinking he'd fight the general. Instead, because he spoke out in the Fire Lord's war room, it was the Fire Lord he had disrespected. Zuko couldn't fight his own father, so for refusing to fight, Ozai gave his son a blast of fire that created the prince's scar, and an exile; one that would not be lifted until Zuko fulfilled one mission; finding the Avatar. the fishman's wife approaches Aang and Katara, telling them that Sokka and her husband are caught out in the storm. The pair go off on Appa to save them, as Zuko's ship is also caught by the storm. As crews of both ships are saved, Aang and Zuko catch each others' eyes. Rather than chase after the Avatar, though, Zuko orders the ship be moved to safety, and Sokka and the fisherman are removed from the storm. Zuko apologizes for his earlier actions, and the fisherman apologizes for accusing Aang of abandoning the world. Both apologies are accepted, and the storm ends.
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