[His expression... doesn't change much. It's subtle, what happens now, but hopefully she is experienced enough that she can pick it up if she happens to look up. To begin with, he needs to think. Sirry Crags? He runs over the mission list in his head for a moment. No, most of those were desk jobs, and then there was on on the farmlands and-
Mountain Combat. Oh. That's the only one that fits. And then after that moment of recognition his face also comes up with fear. Terror is actually gripping his heart, that she's going somewhere way, way out of his reach - somewhere dangerous, somewhere she could be hurt. Die. But then that fear shifts into surprise. It's odd that fear is before surprise, but it's a belated recognition that she wouldn't pick that. Katara is strong. Katara is impossibly strong, much more than he could ever be. But she's not like him either - she might be able to kill him, but she wouldn't want to - she doesn't fall into a parade of Violence the way he does, so why-...
But no. The whys are for her to worry about. She didn't accept the pledge, so he has no right to demand that information. Or does he? No, the confusion rights itself into a sort of fearful resignation. He focuses his eyes right on her. There's a lot of things he could ask, a lot of things he could tell her and demand. But in the end, he just ends up asking a simple question]
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Mountain Combat. Oh. That's the only one that fits. And then after that moment of recognition his face also comes up with fear. Terror is actually gripping his heart, that she's going somewhere way, way out of his reach - somewhere dangerous, somewhere she could be hurt. Die. But then that fear shifts into surprise. It's odd that fear is before surprise, but it's a belated recognition that she wouldn't pick that. Katara is strong. Katara is impossibly strong, much more than he could ever be. But she's not like him either - she might be able to kill him, but she wouldn't want to - she doesn't fall into a parade of Violence the way he does, so why-...
But no. The whys are for her to worry about. She didn't accept the pledge, so he has no right to demand that information. Or does he? No, the confusion rights itself into a sort of fearful resignation. He focuses his eyes right on her. There's a lot of things he could ask, a lot of things he could tell her and demand. But in the end, he just ends up asking a simple question]
Will you die?