I'd fought in a war before. Big battles. The siege of the North, the day of Black Sun, and Sozin's comet... [Big battles, all of them. Noe all of them successful. Some with heavy losses.]

But it's different here. I know it's easy to think that this isn't our war. That we're being forced to fight in something we shouldn't have to. But it's not like that. These cultists are monsters. They won't be reasoned with. They won't listen. They kill anyone they can. It doesn't matter if you're a fighter or not.

[He shakes his head.]

After that first one, I was still pretty mad. But I didn't want to have to go out there anymore.