Purity
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Kao Sin: "You wear the face of innocence, but it cannot hide your true nature."
Pao Su: "Ironic that a creature like you would accuse me of having two faces."

Nothing like a little sibling rivalry to spice things up a bit
Kao Sin: "You will never have The Book."
Pao Su: "I will take the Wisdom form its pages, even if I have to pry them from your dead fingers."
Kao Sin: "I believe you have the fortitude to do exactly that, my sister. But, we share the same blood -- thus, the same will."
Pao Su: "No, you're weak, Kao Sin. You will never have the strength to defeat me."

Xena: "Alright, this ends here ... (to Kao Sin) ... if you want to protect The Book, hand it over to me now."
Pao Su: "She can't be trusted, Xena. If you believe in what my mother stood for, then you will kill her."
Xena: "I can tell you what your mother didn't stand for -- murder."
Pao Su: "You don't actually believe her?"
Xena: "You know what I don't believe? That the Black Powder Army would retreat so quickly. Someone ordered them out -- someone like you."
Kao Sin: "So, it is you who has forged an alliance with Go Kun."

Xena: "You were right about one thing. A person without morals is the most dangerous kind of enemy."
Pao Su: "A lesson I plan on proving to you again and again. Now, give me The Book."
Xena: "Can't do that."

*** Xena and the Red Power Ranger ... I mean ... Pao Su duke it out. Pao Su, distracts Xena with some fancy Pyrotechnics and swipes The Book from her saddlebags.

Kao Sin: "Aren't you going after her?"
Xena: "No. I'm not."


Pao Su: "What is this? ... Prayers ... Remedies ... there's nothing -- fake. I was tricked by Xena."
Go Kun: "Pao Su, if we ride south at sunset, we could reach Huangdu, sweep up the coast and ..."
Pao Su: "No!"

Go Kun: "Your obsession with that book has made our enemies stronger and put us at a disadvantage. As long as you continue to hunt for it, you keep us from taking full advantage of the Black Powder!"
Pao Su: "The concerns of my enemies are irrelevant. If Xena masters the powers of The Book, she will end our campaign with little more than a breath ... and all of Chin will bow to her ... We will continue our search."


Kao Sin: "You replaced the book with a fake. That's why you allowed Pao Su to escape."
Xena: "It's all in the wrist."
Kao Sin: "You move with the agility of a panther. That's a feat considering your condition."

Xena: "A long as you sister does not have the book. Her army's mission will be simple -- to find it. In the meantime, they won't be conquering anymore towns or villages."
Kao Sin: "A word of caution -- before you cut off the dragon's head, you must be sure it cannot grow another more deadly."
Xena: "The trick will be not to kill Pao Su, but to make sure she can't do anymore harm."
Kao Sin: "I fear these two things are mutually exclusive. The ancient warriors of Chin believe that in order to achieve ultimate victory you must annihilate your enemies completely."
Xena: "And you agree?"
Kao Sin: "I cannot in good conscience call for the death of my sister, but I fear her vengeance. I know she will not stop until the world is hers."
Xena: "People who want the world end up their own worst enemy. I learned that myself. The truth is, we won't have to destroy Pao Su, she'll destroy herself."


Joxer: "Hello!"
Gabrielle: "Joxer ..."
Joxer: "What?"
Gabrielle: "I want to thank you for today. You were a great help."
Joxer: "Gabrielle, I have been around long enough to recognize sarcasm when I hear it."
Gabrielle: "But, at least we're together."
Joxer: "See, there it is again."

You were a great help
Joxer: "Hey! Would somebody please fix the gutter up there! The leak is driving me crazy!"
Gabrielle: "It's not a leak, that's the whole point."

Gabrielle: "What did you do with that pouch of Black Powder?"
Joxer: "It's down my pant leg."
Gabrielle: "Alright. Joxer, hold still."

Joxer: "Alright ... (Gabs shows some serious flexibility and foot dexterity) ... Gabrielle, we're in public."
Gabrielle: "What is that?"
Joxer: "Oh. Say. It's ... um ... it's ..."
Gabrielle: "Oh. Remind me to cut off my foot when we get out of here."
Joxer: "Gabrielle ... where'd you learn to do that?"
Gabrielle: "Would you be quiet. I'm trying to concentrate ... Got it!"

Joxer: "That's not going to work! You're going to need a spark for that."
Gabrielle: "Oh, yeah ... (what a coincidence, a small piece of flint just happens to be within foot reach) ... here we go!"

Joxer: "You know, that's the first time I've ever had three feet in my pants."
Gabrielle: "You tell anyone and you're dead."


Kao Sin: "What is it?"
Xena: "I've been here before. This is where I first met Lao Ma. You're very like her, you know."
Kao Sin: "I've walked in her shadow all my life. Now, it seems, is no exception."

Why do you look so troubled?
Kao Sin: "But, I wonder, Xena, why do you look so troubled?"
Xena: "There are people you meet who walk in and out of your life like ghosts, and after they're gone, you find that they've left a part of themselves with you. It's as if, in some small way, their spirit helps to find who you are and what you want to bring to the world."
Kao Sin: "Then, it seems that my mother is still alive in us both."

Xena: "Your mother taught me compassion. It's a lesson I want to pass on to this child. But, you -- how did you learn that without the benefit of her love?"
Kao Sin: "Every day that passes in Chin without bloodshed passes because my mother played a part in the Destiny of our homeland. Just look around, Xena. Her lesson is in her legacy. She speaks to me even now through the whispering wind. You wish to know where I learned compassion? All you have to do is listen."
Xena: "You are your mother's daughter."

All you have to do is listen
Kao Sin: "It must have been beautiful here."
Xena: "Yes. I was cornered and your mother hid me in her bath, underwater. She gave me her breath to keep me alive."
Kao Sin: "She died in this palace, didn't she?"
Xena: "That's right."
Kao Sin: "Then this is the perfect place to study, in the presence of her spirit."


Joxer: "Great, now we're lost. I told you we should have followed that big, brick wall back there."
Gabrielle: "It's the Great Wall, Joxer. It's a thousand miles long. I know where I'm going."
Pao Su: "Maybe I can help."
Gabrielle: "Pao Su ..."
Joxer: "Thank the gods."
Gabrielle: "Where's Xena?"
Pao Su: "She sent me to find you. Come, we must hurry."


‘The entire world is driven by a Will ...'
Kao Sin: " ‘The entire world is driven by a Will, blind and ruthless. In order to transcend the limitations of the Physical World, one must cease desiring and become ...'"
Xena: " ‘... what we desire. To conquer other is to have Power. But to conquer yourself is to know the Way.'"

Xena: "Lao Ma's power came from her Purity of thought."
Kao Sin: "Then with Purity on out side, Pao Su will be easily defeated."
Xena: "No. Pao Su has her own kind of Purity. The Purity of Hatred."

Hmm, I think she's standing just a bit too close to those barrels of Black Powder
Pao Su: (using Gabrielle and Joxer as bait) "You have something that belongs to me, Xena. Give me the Book."


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