"They were like General Fong. At first." He wipes at his face again.

"He was a general back home. From the Earth Kingdom. He tried to get me to go into the Avatar State so we could use it against the Fire Nation. But when I decided it was too dangerous and I wanted to stop, he tried to force me to. He made me think he'd killed Katara by burying her underground--I couldn't stop him. So then I did go into the Avatar State."

In the mirror off to the side, Aang can be seen, eyes and tattoos glowing, blowing away all the Earth Kingdom soldiers around him. Great stone wheels get flung off and embedded into the stone walls of the base. It's a display of extreme power and unbridled destruction, and he's obviously not in control of his actions.

"They were the same." His eyes narrow at the memory. "They wanted to use me as a weapon. Against the Ohm."