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[doihavetoexplainmath]

[There's no greeting or anything, just some changing and scraping sounds and a shot of a shadowy, faintly purple ceiling, and it cuts off four seconds later.]

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[doihavetoexplainmath]

Oh, no, fear is the worst available option. You pretty much guarantee cascading disasters whenever that particular dam breaks.

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[sears]

So don't keep them so afraid that the dam breaks.

[Obviously.]

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[doihavetoexplainmath]

Still seems like a bad decision with all the work you'd have to put in balancing that against every other emotional input they experience...

[She's not even morally opposed. She's not morally much of anything. She just doesn't like to see Azula waste time and effort.]

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[sears]

I've managed it for sixteen years.

[Right, you were totally carefully controlling the emotional experiences of everyone around you at age one, Azula.]

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[doihavetoexplainmath]

Sounds like a lot of managing.

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[sears]

It's what I do, Entrapta.

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[doihavetoexplainmath]

It's just so inefficient! If you switched to a straightforwardly incentive-based system I think you'd see much better returns!

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[sears]

But there's nothing wrong with my returns. Your argument only makes sense if I were complaining about my friends being disloyal.

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[doihavetoexplainmath]

I'm glad you're happy with your results, but I'm talking about input, here.

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[sears]

Why are you so insistent about this?

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[doihavetoexplainmath]

I'm a believer in efficiency! And you're banking a lot on the balance here.

[Most of Azula's initial appeal was reminding her of Catra. She she knows at least a bit of what happened to Catra.]

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[sears]

Well, I'm done with the topic. It's boring.

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[doihavetoexplainmath]

[Look, she doesn't want you to freak out and start lashing out at everyone around you, destroying everything you've gained and alienating every supporter and setting up your own downfall.]

So pick a different one. Did you meet Scorpia?

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[sears]

["I would never do that!!!", thinks the girl who absolutely would do that.]

No, I wasn't around. Ty Lee might have.

Why?

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[doihavetoexplainmath]

Just curious. I don't worry about her or anything. Everybody likes Scorpia.

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[sears]

I'm not everybody. Why would I like her?

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[doihavetoexplainmath]

I bet you'd be able to plan all kinds of military applications for her, but she'd great at logistical support, and morale, and art!

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[sears]

I suppose I'd have use for one of those things.

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[doihavetoexplainmath]

At least!

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[sears]

How did you meet her? Are your countries allies?

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[doihavetoexplainmath]

Hers surrendered to the Horde when they first arrived, so she was already a Force Captain when I got there. She's a princess, too!

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[sears]

Fascinating. Did the surrender happen before or after she was born?

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[doihavetoexplainmath]

I never asked. I think after, but I'm not sure how long it took, and she might be younger than I'm guessing.

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[sears]

So she was very young, and grew up under Horde rule?

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[doihavetoexplainmath]

Must have been. They were well out of the Fright Zone by the time my conscious memories start.