Tars stalks out ahead of Sola and Edgar, his daughter unable to keep from chuckling under her breath. She holds the door flap for Edgar and indicates he should follow the Jeddak.
"When John Carter came to us," she says, "we green men knew nothing of compassion. We thought it a sickness. To show kindness to another being was to be seen as weak. Weakness was not tolerated. It threatened the lives of the entire clan. But John Carter showed us there is strength in taking care of those weaker than us. That there is strength in compassion. We still struggle with the idea. A fist is much easier to understand than an open hand. But the truth of his words still linger among us. It will take time before they are shown in the open without fear of retaliation."
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"When John Carter came to us," she says, "we green men knew nothing of compassion. We thought it a sickness. To show kindness to another being was to be seen as weak. Weakness was not tolerated. It threatened the lives of the entire clan. But John Carter showed us there is strength in taking care of those weaker than us. That there is strength in compassion. We still struggle with the idea. A fist is much easier to understand than an open hand. But the truth of his words still linger among us. It will take time before they are shown in the open without fear of retaliation."