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In a flashback, Lou takes a young Cole to visit Lilly.
Past Lilly: (coughs) Hi, honey.
Past Cole: Mom!
He runs to her and hugs her.
Past Cole: I don't want you to be sick anymore, Mom!
Past Lilly: I know. But we don't always get what we want, do we? Your father said you got into trouble at school.
Past Cole: Yeah. But it - it wasn't my fault! There's this kid, he's just - he's just a big bully! He's always picking on the little kids and -
Past Lilly: And you got in a fight.
Past Cole: I'm sorry, Mom. I promise, I-I won't fight anymore. I'll be good from now on. I'll make you proud! And - and -
Past Lilly: Oh, Cole. Don't you see? I am proud. I want you to promise me, Cole, that you will always stand up to those who are cruel and unjust. Always.
Past Cole: I - I promise, Mom. Always.
The flashback ends.
Plundar: What are we doing? We've explored this tunnel a million times. If there was a way out of Rock-Bottom, we would have found it already.
Fungus: Come now, Plundar. It doesn't hurt to have someone take a fresh look.
Plundar: It's hurting my feet! We've been at this for hours.
Vania: Are we having a tea time chat, or are we trying to escape this dungeon?
She catches up to Cole.
Vania: Another dead end?
Cole: Another dead end.
Fungus: Good sir ninja, if it makes you feel any better, the four of us have been failing to escape this place for years.
Cole: Well, thank you, but that doesn't really help.
Plundar: (sighs) What are we doing following this guy? This is a waste of time. We're already a bunch of failed adventurers. We don't need a leader to help us fail more.
Vania: Cole isn't helping us fail! He's helping us escape! For your information, Cole is a fantastic leader!
Plundar: Oh yeah? Where's he leading us? In circles? Because guess where we are. That's right, back in Rock-Bottom.
Cole throws a rock into the pool in frustration.
Wu: What is on your mind, Cole? You seem troubled.
Cole: Ever since I saw my mother's locket, I felt her presence. She's connected to this place somehow, I - I can feel it! (sighs) Listen to me, what am I talking about? Why would my mother have come to this place? We're at the bottom of the world.
Wu: You're right. This is the lowest you have ever been.
Cole: Thanks for noticing.
Wu: No, I mean, your mother once told me that her powers were strongest when she was closest to the earth.
Cole: Really?
Wu: You've never been farther underground. Never been more surrounded by the very thing that powers you. The Skull Sorcerer thought he was burying you, but what if he was actually bringing you closer to the earth? To the source of your elemental power?
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Ninjago: Swift Winds
FanfictionToge doesn't know much about his parents only that they left him on the steps of a Shaolin temple. The boy was raised by monks and now he trains with a family friend named Wu, as he trained the boy to become the master of Air. Him and four other nin...
