>>5308065Actually, let me rewrite my vote for what I intended to tell, without the joke part.
Also here's a picture of what we told Hien. Telling Kai's story is always good for this pragmatism above all types.
>You know, that kind of attitude was what he was preaching the first time I met him, and was the reason he had escaped the first time. Also what nearly led him to take a decision that would scar him forever. I think all your beliefs did quite a mark on him.>Let me tell you three tales, and try to understand why I believe that path will lead to ruin>The first one a tale of pragmatism, of a man who fought to unify a broken China. He and his brother-in-arms had lost all purpose on the unending war, losing a great battle, when they were rescued by a people with the power to heal. His brother, had his faith rekindled, learned from his rescuers and became a pillar of China. Meanwhile, he saw that technique could be used differently, and that he could destroy any of China's warlord and bring peace, if only he betrayed his rescuers and broke the dragon's commands. He did so, and brought only greater misery, until his old friend had to stop him. That was Kai, Master Oogway's companion, whose name has been all but erased from history.>Next, is a history of purpose. A smith, who believed that was his place in life and destiny. When bandits came to his village, and ran rampant, he did not lift a finge, for it was not his place to fight. So his brother went instead, and one by one they fell, from youngest to oldest. Until his own father went to fight, before he lifted a finger. Because he was a smith, not a soldier. Only then, did he gather the scraps of the weapons of his family, reforge into a sword, and put an end to the threat. That was Luo, who became a philosopher and storyteller when fighting back was no longer needed. The man who gave me the replica of the Sword of Heroes, which I gave to Hien when he rose to become a hero in his own right.>Next, a history of method. A young prodigy, heir to the most illustrious school of all of China, who would surpass any challenge throw at his way through talent and hard work. Eventually, he decides that the ways of his teachers are ineffective, because he only only believed in the practical without the spiritual. So he decides to attack his own masters and take what he believes to his by right, devastating his home until he is brought down by his own father. That is Tai Lung, who only realized his mistake when he had the Dragon Scroll in his hands, and saw that the dragons do not look favorably on those who choose a dark path. 