Isn't it? Maybe not the kind I was raised to do - to clear out an enemy group so mine could take it over - but the kind I was doing before everything happened?
There's dangerous people out there, people who pose a threat to everyone, human and yokai alike. Not everyone can be saved, and not everyone should be if they're like that. So you cut them off before they can do any more harm.
[He turns his head so he can look at Zuko, expression still calm.]
... I'm a weapon and a monster that shouldn't have been born. At least, that's what I was always told growing up. People here treat me differently, but... it's hard to tell who's right. Because... I do kill. I do hurt people. And maybe I have some personal responsibility for that, but I was always taught to never question orders. That if I had to live, I should be a useful tool.
Maybe it's a wrong way to live, but it's what I know.
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There's dangerous people out there, people who pose a threat to everyone, human and yokai alike. Not everyone can be saved, and not everyone should be if they're like that. So you cut them off before they can do any more harm.
[He turns his head so he can look at Zuko, expression still calm.]
... I'm a weapon and a monster that shouldn't have been born. At least, that's what I was always told growing up. People here treat me differently, but... it's hard to tell who's right. Because... I do kill. I do hurt people. And maybe I have some personal responsibility for that, but I was always taught to never question orders. That if I had to live, I should be a useful tool.
Maybe it's a wrong way to live, but it's what I know.