02 Colonel Miles Quaritch

Perang secara resmi telah berakhir, kaum Mangkwan telah sebagian besar dimusnahkan, menyisakan beberapa orang yang selamat bersama pemimpin mereka—Varang—; yang melarikan diri menggunakan Ikran—dan dalam kasus Varang, menggunakan burungnya "Espectro Nocturno".

Kolonel Miles Quaritch, yang telah menyelamatkan Spider bersama Jake Sully, akhirnya hidup di bawah pengawasan keluarga Sully dan penduduk Metkayina. Spider masih belum terbiasa dengan kehadiran ayahnya yang terus-menerus, namun anehnya, hal itu tidak mengganggunya.

Neytiri masih memiliki keinginan untuk membunuhnya, tetapi perlahan-lahan ia mulai terbiasa dengan kehadirannya, meskipun itu tidak berarti ia telah memaafkannya. Sementara itu, Jake tetap teguh pada pendiriannya bahwa bahkan Quaritch pun bisa menebus kesalahannya.

Hari ini, mereka semua turun ke air, tepatnya ke Pohon Roh samudera Metkayina, yang berfungsi sama seperti Pohon Jiwa dari klan hutan, memungkinkan kaum Na'vi untuk terhubung secara biologis dengan dewata dan jaringan energi Pandora.

Mereka harus mengajari Quaritch cara melakukannya... Yang mana, sejujurnya, terasa cukup lucu. Sang Kolonel, yang tidak tahu sama sekali bagaimana melakukan setiap hal, ketika diberitahu untuk menghubungkan ekor neuralnya—kepangan Na'vi—ke pohon tersebut, Miles mengalami kesulitan, dan akhirnya malah melilitkan—atau mengikat—kepangannya pada dahan-dahan pohon.

Neytiri mulai tertawa bersama Lo’ak melihat kebingungan sang Kolonel, diikuti oleh Kiri dan Tuk. Spider mendengus, mencoba menahan tawa melihat ayahnya bertingkah begitu bodoh di bawah air.

Kolonel Miles Quaritch yang mengerikan ternyata benar-benar kacau dalam kondisi seperti ini. Di darat ia menakutkan dan berbahaya, tetapi sekarang, saat mencoba memahami adat istiadat Na'vi, ia tampak seperti bayi yang baru belajar berjalan.

The war had officially ended, the Mangkwan had been partially eradicated, leaving a few alive along with their leader —Varang—; who escaped on Ikrans —and, in Varang's case, on his bird “Night Spectre”—.

Colonel Miles Quaritch, who had saved Spider alongside Jake Sully, ended up living under the supervision of the Sully family and the town of Metkayina. Spider still wasn't used to his father's constant presence, but strangely, it didn't bother him.

Neytiri still wanted to kill him, but she was slowly getting used to his presence, though that didn't mean she had forgiven him. Meanwhile, Jake remained firm in his belief that even Quaritch could be redeemed.

Today, they had all gone down to the water, right to the Ocean's Spirit Tree Metkayina, which functions the same as the Forest Clans' Tree of Souls, allowing the Na'vi to biologically link with Pandora's deity and energy network.

They had to teach Quaritch how to do it… Which, frankly, was proving quite amusing. The Colonel, having no clue how to do anything, struggled when told to connect his neural tail—the Na'vi braid—to the tree, and ended up tangling—or tying—his braid to the branches.

Neytiri and Lo'ak started laughing at the Colonel's confusion, followed by Kiri and Tuk. Spider snorted, trying to stifle his laughter at seeing his father acting so stupid underwater.

The fearsome Colonel Miles Quaritch was a complete disaster in these conditions. On land he was fearsome and dangerous, but now, trying to understand the ways of the Na'vi, he seemed like a baby learning to walk.