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[markofthebrave]

[Voice]
Hey, Hugo - if you have a chance, I'd like to talk to you about something.

[And then she shuts the book and moves to her evening practice session behind her house. Today is not about how much water she can move, but it is about control. When the wind blows her journal opened, anyone watching can see thin streams of water moving quick enough to cut intertwining with her arms and legs as she works through a form. The pattern of when she splits a stream, and when she adds more water seems random... until you glance above her head. Any time her concentration is broken by a flash of an image, she adds another and another until all the thought bubble reflects are the forms

If you want to interrupt her, give her a minute - messing up and slicing herself with one of those water streams would be painful. While she normally hates to have her practicing interrupted, tonight it's not quite keeping her mind off of things.]

Comments

[rebeloutcast.livejournal.com]

So you've got more faith in some Firebender jerk than ya do me? Thanks. Good to know. [Yeah, that was a little snide. But whatever.]

But waittaminute- just- hold on. Who is this Zuko guy? You guys keep mentioning him. Describe him to me or something. What, is he like your new boyfriend?

[markofthebrave]

[And so, we are all grateful that the many different directions this took Katara's brain are too fast and numerous for the thought bubble to latch on to any one thought - especially that of herself and Zuko and the love experiment.]

I've got faith in Zuko because I've seen him change. It wasn't easy for him, and I didn't believe him right away, but Zuko proved himself.

...and I'm hoping you will too.

[There. It's not an offer of forgiveness - she never will - and it's not the answer to his question... but it is giving him a way out, if he wants to take it. Yeah, he was a jerk, but the way that he's talking to her it sounds like he's trying and she just - he was dead and now - she just -]

[rebeloutcast.livejournal.com]

[The thought bubble quickly shows a glimpse of him as a child while his village was burning, to show his hesitation towards trusting a Firebender- any Firebender.]

...I'll take your word for it.

[That's not an agreement but he is willing to try. Hopefully this Zuko guy isn't like, some dude with a scar who was traveling with some fat old Firebending oaf. They got him taken by the Dai Lee, the jerks.]

What 'bout that Azula chick? Can I kick her 'round a bit? Or is she your friend too?

[markofthebrave]

[She sees that thought bubble. And glances down.] ((And unknown to her, her own village in flames appears above her head... and then thoughts of Azula, Mai, and Ty Lee while they chased them.))

Azula's no friend of mine. But she's very powerful. And she's smart. And there's no war here, Jet.

[She looks up at him.] We have to live here. If you do anything to her, when she hasn't done anything to anyone here, people will blame you. And they're strong - people with powers nothing like we've ever seen. Even if I hate the thought of her here - [and her fists tighten at her sides] - until she actually does anything, we're all stuck together. She's not the problem anymore. The people keeping us here, experimenting on us are.