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Do you think that there's such a thing as a power that is wrong, not because of how it's used, but just because of what it does?

[After staying holed up in her room with the door shut - quite an unusual break of habit for her - Katara decides to head into town. She wants to check out that night club that she'd heard about - she heard there would be music!

From there it's the usual errands, like the grocery store and the Item Shop. Dinner tonight will be Something Spicy, but she hasn't figured out what yet. Maybe it'll help get Sokka out of his funk.]

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[It's a curious question, but one he can answer after some thought.]

All power leads to abuse, inevitably.

[OK. That's a very different answer. And... again, someone putting all power on the same level and making it all... bad?]

Why do you say that?

That is the nature of power.

Anyone who has power of any sort will abuse it at some time or another. Perhaps with the best of intentions, perhaps with the worst. Sooner or later, by its very nature, power will lead to an abuse of it.

I don't think that's completely true. From what you're saying it sounds like it would be better for people not to use power at all, and that can't be right.

Use of power is as inevitable as the abuse of it. It is human nature. But it ought to be guarded against.

What do you mean?

Human nature makes us need a hierarchy. Hierarchy means power. Power leads to corruption and abuse, inevitably. But those who have power can be aware of its likelihood for abuse and watch themselves. One cannot prevent it all the time, no, but by being aware, one might manage to prevent it some.

...that is a very confusing way of looking at things. [Seriously, it almost gives her a headache with its perspective and general cynicism.]

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