markofthebrave | [ Action, Written ] .052

[Filtered 100 percent AWAY from: Sokka, Toph, Zuko, Yue, Suki, Shikamaru, Chouji, Ino, Shino, Naruto, Sasuke, Itachi, Trafalgar, Nami, Sanji, Luffy, Chopper, and anyone else she thinks might recognize her handwriting, despite the pains she's going to in order to disguise it, or show the journal to people she really doesn't want to see this - Raine and Temari and Iroh.

All replies will be written unless stated otherwise. The camera is obscured by a wrapped around piece of brown cloth.]

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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[No. Some things really are that simple. Aren't they?]

Why do you think something that takes over someone's mind or body is any different than any other power?

Because when you take over someone's body, they can't make their own decisions. They're left helpless or trying to fight for control.

A lot of people seem to think that's better than killing someone.

Controlling the mind of someone dangerous won't change what they've done. All it'll do is hold them back for a while.

That's true. But the same could be said of locking them up.

[She is just so glad to have someone who agrees with her to use as a sounding board for all these new objectinos.]

True, but I think it's the lesser of two evils. Prison doesn't always change their outlook, but at least it doesn't control their minds.

So you think it's wrong - no matter what.

I think so, anyway. But like I said, it's possible to justify just about anything.

I'm sure someone could come up with some excuse for mind control.

Someone else I was talking to said that they believed justification was just... bringing things to light. Do you think it sounds more like making excuses?

I think it depends. Everyone's got their reasons for what they do, but sometimes it does cross the line.

Take the Third Party, for example. They think killing people permanently is for the greater good. Me? I think that's just an excuse.

Yeah... that makes sense.

[So conflicted and torn and hurting on this issue.]

It's pretty complicated, no matter how you slice it. Feels like something out of a philosophy book.

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