Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)

Daniel Dae Kim: Benja

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Quotes 

• Benja : I'm going to open with a joke.

  Raya : Please don't.

  Benja : I'm kidding.

• Benja : Don't mistake spirit for skill, young one. I promise you will not set fut on the gem's inner circle. Not even a toe.

  Raya : You might want to take out that blade. You're gonna need it.

  Benja : Not today.

• Benja : I believe that we can be Kumandra again, but someone has to take the first step.

• Benja : Tell me what you know about the other lands.

  Young Raya : First... Tail. A sweltering desert with sneaky mercenaries who fight dirty. Second, Talon. A floating market famous for fast deals and fighters, with even faster hands. Third, Spine. A frigid bamboo forest guarded by exceptionally large warriors and their giant axes. Fourth, Fang, our fiercest enemy. A nation protected by angry assassins and their even angrier cats. Okay, so we're gonna need some crossbows and catapults, and... Ooh! What about flaming catapults?

  Benja : Or, how about shrimp paste from Tail, lemon grass from Talon, bamboo shoots from spine, chilies from Fang, and a palm sugar from Heart.

  Young Raya : We're going to poison them?

  Benja : No, we are not going to poison them, and we're not going to fight them. We are going to share a meal with them.

  Young Raya : Wait, what?

  Benja : I invited them.

  Young Raya : But they're our enemies.

  Benja : They're only our enemies because they think the dragon gem magically brings prosperity.

  Young Raya : That's ridiculous. It doesn't do that.

  Benja : They assume it does, just like we assume things about them.

• [last lines] 

  Benja : [seeing Sisu for the first time]  Is that really her?

  [Raya nods] 

  Sisu : Chief Benja, your daughter did you proud. Hope you don't mind. She brought some friends.

  [the people from Tail, Talon, Spine and Fang come in optimistically] 

  Raya : Ba, welcome to Kumandra.