SHIFU: Master! Master!
OOGWAY: Hmmm?
SHIFU: [out of breath] I have... it's... it's very bad news.
OOGWAY: Ah, Shifu. There is just news. There is no good or bad.
SHIFU: Master, your vision...your vision was right! Tai Lung has broken out of prison! He's on his way!
[Pause]
OOGWAY: That is bad news... if you do not believe that the Dragon Warriors can stop him.
SHIFU
The panda and imps ? Master, that panda and those imps are not the Dragon Warriors . They weren't even meant to be here... it was an accident!
OOGWAY: There are no accidents.
SHIFU: [Sighs.] Yes, I know. You've said that already. Twice.
OOGWAY: Well, that was no accident either.
SHIFU: [Holds up three fingers.] Thrice.
OOGWAY: My old friend, the panda and imps will never fulfill their destiny, nor you yours, until you let go of the illusion of control.
Shifu is incredulous and confused.
SHIFU: Illusion?
OOGWAY: Yes. Look at this tree, Shifu. [Oogway looks up at the tree's branches, where blossom petals continue to fall.] I cannot make it blossom when it suits me, nor make it bear fruit before its time.
SHIFU: But there are things we can control.
Shifu kicks the tree and a hundred peaches fall to the ground. Oogway gazes at him in silence.
SHIFU: I can control when the fruit will fall!
A peach falls on his head: he growls and Oogway chuckles.
SHIFU: And I can control...
Shifu tosses a peach in the air, leaps up, and splits it with a chop, freeing the seed.
SHIFU: ... where to plant the seed... hi-yah!
Shifu punches the ground, creating a small hole. The seed falls into his paw.
SHIFU: That is no illusion, Master!
He tosses the seed into the hole.
OOGWAY: Ah, yes. [Oogway steps forwards while Shifu begins pacing in frustration.] But no matter what you do, that seed will grow to be a peach tree. You may wish for an apple, or an orange... but you will get a peach.
SHIFU: [Stops pacing and turns to Oogway.] But a peach cannot defeat Tai Lung!
OOGWAY: Maybe it can. If you are willing to guide it, to nurture it. To believe in it.
Oogway covers the seed with dirt.
SHIFU: But how? How? I need your help, Master.
OOGWAY: No, you just need to believe. [He leans in towards his friend.] Promise me, Shifu. Promise me you will believe.
Shifu hesitates.
SHIFU: I... I will try.
Oogway smiles.
OOGWAY: Good.
Oogway glances up at the starry sky. The petals begin rapidly falling from the tree as the wind picks up.
OOGWAY: My time has come.
He turns back to a confused Shifu.
OOGWAY: You must continue your journey... without me.
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Helluva boss: alternate continuation
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