[ Silently curious as Korra wilts, alarm invests in Asami tensely to hear that her bending is gone, all save a penchant for air. Can the Avatar even lose their bending? Of course, she's flesh and blood like anyone else. How was Amon defeated? Why is she pretending not to be in pain?
It's not as if Asami can directly relate as a non-bender, but she knows what it's like to have your entire sense of self ripped away from under your feet, for the world to invert and your stance to become so shaky without that image of who you are to support you that all you want to do is fall down. And Asami isn't even the one famed for representing anything half as important as her friend. ]
Korra.
[ Taking the other girl's hands, she looks at her in earnest. ]
You are still the Avatar. It's easy enough to say you're in one piece and still you, but we'll get you your bending back and fix this. [ Green eyes soften. ] It does need 'fixing', doesn't it? He didn't take away your duties.
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It's not as if Asami can directly relate as a non-bender, but she knows what it's like to have your entire sense of self ripped away from under your feet, for the world to invert and your stance to become so shaky without that image of who you are to support you that all you want to do is fall down. And Asami isn't even the one famed for representing anything half as important as her friend. ]
Korra.
[ Taking the other girl's hands, she looks at her in earnest. ]
You are still the Avatar. It's easy enough to say you're in one piece and still you, but we'll get you your bending back and fix this. [ Green eyes soften. ] It does need 'fixing', doesn't it? He didn't take away your duties.