hey, you're jake right? tom's brother? you look just like him. sorry, i'm norm spellman, i went through avatar training with him.
he was a great guy -- funny. it was a big shock to all of us.
and duh! -- obviously you look like him. i mean, if you weren't genetically identical, you wouldn't be taking over his avatar.
so -- you want to go check it out? cut to:
yeah, they mature on the trip out. so the proprioceptive sims worked pretty well.
no, it looks like you. this is your avatar now, jake.
yeah. you just need to get in the habit of documenting everything -- what you see, what you feel -- it's all part of the science. good science starts with good observation.
grace augustine is a legend. she's the head of the avatar program, and she wrote the book -- i mean literally wrote the book -- on pandoran botany.
may the all mother smile upon our first meeting.
five hundred and twenty hours.
hey, check it out.
i am a living god. cut to:
this is failing as a pep talk.
the bull has the red on the dorsal armor?
how will they know we're here?
why don't they come back?
who's eywa? oh, only their deity. the great mother. the goddess made up of all living things. you'd know that if you had any training whatsoever.
the hallelujah mountains?
yesssss! the legendary floating mountains of pandora? heard of them? cut to:
oh. my. god.
i trained three years for this mission. i speak the language fluently. he falls off the frickin' turnip truck and all of a sudden he's cultural ambassador!?
yeah, well i didn't come out here to wash the dishes while you're on some interspecies booty call.
thank you?
irrrreiyo. irrrreiyo. you've gotta roll the r, r-r-r-oll it.
calibrating. thirty seconds.
what?
they won't understand what you've done.
link is ready.
samson one six? trudy? crap.
hey, hang on, you can't interrupt a link in progress, it's dangerous -- wait!
i can't believe that.
baby, you rock.
holy shit.
we're screwed.
if he takes out the well of souls -- it's over. it's their main line to eywa, to their ancestors -- it'll destroy them.
jake! jake! we're falling back!
no!