[She feels like he's reaching into her gut and ripping out her insides.]
You don't know what you're talking about!
[She can just imagine how he sees her -- stupid, lazy, pathetic, incompetent. She should be out there, trying to figure out what's going on, trying to help people. That's the Avatar's job, and she's still the Avatar, even without her powers.
Look how well that turned out last time. She lost her powers. Didn't actually capture Amon. Even in the City, all of her attempts to help have been less than useless. She couldn't stop the Loki riots. She tried to save a child from a prostitution ring and not only failed to save the kid, but brought the wrath of that organization down on her. She can't even protect herself from random, senseless violence.
She moves to grab her cane, just to have something to hold onto, a safety blanket against shame.]
action;
You don't know what you're talking about!
[She can just imagine how he sees her -- stupid, lazy, pathetic, incompetent. She should be out there, trying to figure out what's going on, trying to help people. That's the Avatar's job, and she's still the Avatar, even without her powers.
Look how well that turned out last time. She lost her powers. Didn't actually capture Amon. Even in the City, all of her attempts to help have been less than useless. She couldn't stop the Loki riots. She tried to save a child from a prostitution ring and not only failed to save the kid, but brought the wrath of that organization down on her. She can't even protect herself from random, senseless violence.
She moves to grab her cane, just to have something to hold onto, a safety blanket against shame.]