016 ... a man sees in the world what he carries in his heart
You know, since we're all doin' some good old-fashioned bonding, I think it's high time I asked somethin' for everyone to hear.
See, when I was alive, I was in somethin' of a wish-granting business. Not that I was a decent man about it, mind. Most of y'all know that by now, and really, deep down so did they. I'd draw a man's feelings out an' give him nowhere to hide - I'd let the cards tell me every secret little thing about him, and I'd get inside him and use it. I'd use all of it, to move him to doin' what I wanted - which was to ask me for help. To beg me. So I could take his pretty little dreams an' twist them to my liking.
Lot of the time, I felt it was deserved. But I enjoyed it - makin' folks dance to my tune.
Five times a week I hear y'all ask what makes a warden different from an inmate. No one's ever got an answer that makes sense. I say we're askin' the wrong question.
What the hell makes you different from me, Admiral? From any of us? Why the hell shouldn't we beat you down 'til you're so set to change your ways that you're serene about it?
[Private to Iroh]
Let me get my filters back on for this flood, at least. Someone catches me with a hard question, I'd just as soon not hand the answer to everyone on board.
{{ETA: You know, I'm just gonna enjoy torturing him. Ask away, I'll tell you guys in AIM if it's ever a problem.))
See, when I was alive, I was in somethin' of a wish-granting business. Not that I was a decent man about it, mind. Most of y'all know that by now, and really, deep down so did they. I'd draw a man's feelings out an' give him nowhere to hide - I'd let the cards tell me every secret little thing about him, and I'd get inside him and use it. I'd use all of it, to move him to doin' what I wanted - which was to ask me for help. To beg me. So I could take his pretty little dreams an' twist them to my liking.
Lot of the time, I felt it was deserved. But I enjoyed it - makin' folks dance to my tune.
Five times a week I hear y'all ask what makes a warden different from an inmate. No one's ever got an answer that makes sense. I say we're askin' the wrong question.
What the hell makes you different from me, Admiral? From any of us? Why the hell shouldn't we beat you down 'til you're so set to change your ways that you're serene about it?
[Private to Iroh]
Let me get my filters back on for this flood, at least. Someone catches me with a hard question, I'd just as soon not hand the answer to everyone on board.
{{ETA: You know, I'm just gonna enjoy torturing him. Ask away, I'll tell you guys in AIM if it's ever a problem.))