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[POV: Amon]

The blood inside me felt like fire in my veins. The Lieutenant had retreated in shame and it was for the better. In that moment, I could have destroyed him with my own hands. I could not bear to see him that way. Looking up to me and obeying me as though I were a god. He made me feel like I had assumed the role of the spirits who had damned me. He was like a living reminder of my own mistakes. Oh, and his weakness. His weakness was like my weakness, the very end of me.

I hoped that I could quiet down before the beginning of the rally. I sat on the floor and began to meditate, but was soon interrupted by one of my men, who came to tell me that they had caught a spy.
“She infiltrated the theater and got under the stage, in an attempt to get to you. My leader, it is Hiroshi Sato’s daughter.”
I felt a pinprick in my chest.
“Go on,” I said.
“At first we thought her bender friends might be nearby, but we checked and it appears she has come alone. So we naturally assumed that she was sent here by them as a spy.”
“Unlikely. Bring her to me. I will deal with her myself.”
“Very well.”
He turned around and called out for his teammates, who escorted Asami into the room. I rose to my feet and turned to greet her. Her face was flushed and she had a spark of anger in her eyes.
“Let me go, I can walk by myself,” she roared, struggling to free herself from their grasp. Her rage inexplicably soothed mine. I instructed my men to leave us and despite their concern, they complied.
“Well, this is a surprise,” I declared in an arrogant tone I could not account for. “Have you switched sides already? I find myself baffled at your presence here.”
Why such venom on my tongue?
Asami looked up at me and curled her fists.
“Why are you here, Asami?” I asked.
“I… I don’t know. I… You need to make it stop.”
“Stop? Stop what?”
“Look, I don’t know what you are or how you are doing this to me, but you better put an end to it. Ever since our encounter on that rooftop… I haven’t been able to think properly. You insinuate yourself into every single one of my thoughts, you’re always there. I close my eyes and I see you. I hear your voice in my head, in the wind, in the walls, in my pillow, everywhere, just everywhere. I think, I think, I think I’m losing my mind. You won’t convince me like that. Terror is not going to work with me, so you might as well stop.”
She seemed out of breath and lock of hair covered her eye. I stepped forward and pushed it away. She pulled back, insulted and wild with fury. Her gaze momentarily reminded me of Tao’s gaze, and I felt a knot in my stomach.
“I most confess that I am absolutely stunned by what you are saying,” I said, though I knew exactly what I had done to her. I was, however, surprised at the intensity of the results. “While I am flattered — I repeat — flattered that you would, essentially, be thinking of me, you cannot truly believe that I am to blame for the thoughts that run through your own head. So these accusations you place against me are absurd and, frankly, concerning."
“How dare you insinuate that I am crazy? How dare you?” she snapped back.
“I am not insinuating anything. But you cannot deny that your claims are ludicrous. No, perhaps what really happened here is that the light of truth has started to shine for you. You’re beginning to understand that the Equalists are right and that you, child, are wrong.”
How good I was at deceit. How skilled I was at concealing the webs I spun. This was all my doing. But instead of wanting to terminate it, I wanted to pursue my perverse masterpiece.
“You came all the way here to tell me this, Asami? To place the blame on me for your own thoughts?”
“I don’t know,” she replied, lowering her head and covering her face with her hands for a few seconds. “I just… I needed to see you again. I… This was a mistake. I am so embarrassed. Please, just let me leave now. Please.”
“You think you can trespass on our territory and seek me out whenever you wish? Think again. I know I said I would not hurt you, but do not push your luck.”
I drew closer to her and placed my hand around her neck. Her scent elated me.
“What… what are you going to do to me?”
I stroked her lip with my thumb and smeared her lipstick.
“Well, I could — “
The image of the monster appeared in my head, warning me. What was I thinking? My belief in our cause was all I had left. I had made a vow. My existence would be devoted entirely to the Revolution. There would be no place for earthly passions. I would be pure, unblemished, chaste. I would give up all of life’s pleasures and embrace the pain and suffering my mission required of me. It was the promise I had made to myself.
“No. No, you are a distraction,” I said, disobeying the base impulses of my flesh, “And I cannot afford any distractions. So I will once again be merciful towards you, as you are a non-bender. But I never want to see you again unless you’ve decided to join us. You have nothing to do in my presence otherwise. And if you disobey, we might have to lock you up to keep you out of the way.”

I contemplated her as she just stood before me in her confusion. The poor creature whose mind I had invaded. Could I? Could I dare to do it again? I knew that once was enough. In time, it would probably have the intended effect. And Tao had warned me. The human mind is fragile, too fragile to be trifled with. You have not completely mastered the art of hypnosis. You have little control over it. Never enter the same mind twice.
“Go to hell, Amon.”
“Not yet,” I replied, pushing her hair back again and placing my thumb on her forehead, then seizing control of her gaze. I could see the yellow glow of my irises on the glassy surface of her eyeballs.
“You will now go and take a seat in the audience. You will watch the rally, Asami. You will listen to every single word that I will say,” I said, entering her mind, “and never take your eyes off me while I am on the stage. Remember: in me, you see your leader. Without me, you are lost. Now get out of my sight.”

If I could not possess her physically, I would possess her spiritually. I truly wanted to convert her, but it flattered my ego that I could have such power over her. I was aroused by the idea of making her obsessed with me as her leader. I wanted to flood her mind with me, as though I were the rains and she were the earth. What arrogance. What human conceit. The consequences of my actions mattered very little to me then. It was an all too thrilling game to give up.
Oh, but like the Lieutenant, I was soon going to reap the putrid harvest of what I was sowing.

Her mind was so beautiful.

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[POV: Amon]

The blood inside me felt like fire in my veins. The Lieutenant had retreated in shame and it was for the better. In that moment, I could have destroyed him with my own hands. I could not bear to see him that way. Looking up to me and obeying me as though I were a god. He made me feel like I had assumed the role of the spirits who had damned me. He was like a living reminder of my own mistakes. Oh, and his weakness. His weakness was like my weakness, the very end of me.

I hoped that I could quiet down before the beginning of the rally. I sat on the floor and began to meditate, but was soon interrupted by one of my men, who came to tell me that they had caught a spy.
“She infiltrated the theater and got under the stage, in an attempt to get to you. My leader, it is Hiroshi Sato’s daughter.”
I felt a pinprick in my chest.
“Go on,” I said.
“At first we thought her bender friends might be nearby, but we checked and it appears she has come alone. So we naturally assumed that she was sent here by them as a spy.”
“Unlikely. Bring her to me. I will deal with her myself.”
“Very well.”
He turned around and called out for his teammates, who escorted Asami into the room. I rose to my feet and turned to greet her. Her face was flushed and she had a spark of anger in her eyes.
“Let me go, I can walk by myself,” she roared, struggling to free herself from their grasp. Her rage inexplicably soothed mine. I instructed my men to leave us and despite their concern, they complied.
“Well, this is a surprise,” I declared in an arrogant tone I could not account for. “Have you switched sides already? I find myself baffled at your presence here.”
Why such venom on my tongue?
Asami looked up at me and curled her fists.
“Why are you here, Asami?” I asked.
“I… I don’t know. I… You need to make it stop.”
“Stop? Stop what?”
“Look, I don’t know what you are or how you are doing this to me, but you better put an end to it. Ever since our encounter on that rooftop… I haven’t been able to think properly. You insinuate yourself into every single one of my thoughts, you’re always there. I close my eyes and I see you. I hear your voice in my head, in the wind, in the walls, in my pillow, everywhere, just everywhere. I think, I think, I think I’m losing my mind. You won’t convince me like that. Terror is not going to work with me, so you might as well stop.”
She seemed out of breath and lock of hair covered her eye. I stepped forward and pushed it away. She pulled back, insulted and wild with fury. Her gaze momentarily reminded me of Tao’s gaze, and I felt a knot in my stomach.
“I most confess that I am absolutely stunned by what you are saying,” I said, though I knew exactly what I had done to her. I was, however, surprised at the intensity of the results. “While I am flattered — I repeat — flattered that you would, essentially, be thinking of me, you cannot truly believe that I am to blame for the thoughts that run through your own head. So these accusations you place against me are absurd and, frankly, concerning."
“How dare you insinuate that I am crazy? How dare you?” she snapped back.
“I am not insinuating anything. But you cannot deny that your claims are ludicrous. No, perhaps what really happened here is that the light of truth has started to shine for you. You’re beginning to understand that the Equalists are right and that you, child, are wrong.”
How good I was at deceit. How skilled I was at concealing the webs I spun. This was all my doing. But instead of wanting to terminate it, I wanted to pursue my perverse masterpiece.
“You came all the way here to tell me this, Asami? To place the blame on me for your own thoughts?”
“I don’t know,” she replied, lowering her head and covering her face with her hands for a few seconds. “I just… I needed to see you again. I… This was a mistake. I am so embarrassed. Please, just let me leave now. Please.”
“You think you can trespass on our territory and seek me out whenever you wish? Think again. I know I said I would not hurt you, but do not push your luck.”
I drew closer to her and placed my hand around her neck. Her scent elated me.
“What… what are you going to do to me?”
I stroked her lip with my thumb and smeared her lipstick.
“Well, I could — “
The image of the monster appeared in my head, warning me. What was I thinking? My belief in our cause was all I had left. I had made a vow. My existence would be devoted entirely to the Revolution. There would be no place for earthly passions. I would be pure, unblemished, chaste. I would give up all of life’s pleasures and embrace the pain and suffering my mission required of me. It was the promise I had made to myself.
“No. No, you are a distraction,” I said, disobeying the base impulses of my flesh, “And I cannot afford any distractions. So I will once again be merciful towards you, as you are a non-bender. But I never want to see you again unless you’ve decided to join us. You have nothing to do in my presence otherwise. And if you disobey, we might have to lock you up to keep you out of the way.”

I contemplated her as she just stood before me in her confusion. The poor creature whose mind I had invaded. Could I? Could I dare to do it again? I knew that once was enough. In time, it would probably have the intended effect. And Tao had warned me. The human mind is fragile, too fragile to be trifled with. You have not completely mastered the art of hypnosis. You have little control over it. Never enter the same mind twice.
“Go to hell, Amon.”
“Not yet,” I replied, pushing her hair back again and placing my thumb on her forehead, then seizing control of her gaze. I could see the yellow glow of my irises on the glassy surface of her eyeballs.
“You will now go and take a seat in the audience. You will watch the rally, Asami. You will listen to every single word that I will say,” I said, entering her mind, “and never take your eyes off me while I am on the stage. Remember: in me, you see your leader. Without me, you are lost. Now get out of my sight.”

If I could not possess her physically, I would possess her spiritually. I truly wanted to convert her, but it flattered my ego that I could have such power over her. I was aroused by the idea of making her obsessed with me as her leader. I wanted to flood her mind with me, as though I were the rains and she were the earth. What arrogance. What human conceit. The consequences of my actions mattered very little to me then. It was an all too thrilling game to give up.
Oh, but like the Lieutenant, I was soon going to reap the putrid harvest of what I was sowing.

Her mind was so beautiful.

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