[ There it is again. That Pai-echo. It can't be helped. A young girl quietly thrilled by something as mundane as a lizard? Even though she's slogging in so much filth? At the end of the day, it's not an unfamiliar sight for Hei. (Funny, how Pai can still change the shape and color of his world, the lens through which he sees people, even though she no longer exists.) ]
[ He doesn't offer a riposte to the Two-Names. Instead there's a brief moment's silence, not because he's indifferent; he's just thoughtful. Drifting toward her, he stoops to pick up his glass, ringed darkly with wine lees, before he fixes her with a considering look of his own. It's not too many shades off from the way Korra regards the lizard. ]
You can call me Hei instead of Li, you know.
[ Pavel does. It's strange; he's not used to halfways, but to people who either know nothing of his profession or everything at all. This limbo with Korra and Pavel is completely new. He's not sure if he's tipping it one way or another by offering to let her use his cryptonym. Hei is a mask just as 'Li' and BK201 are, after all. But he's the one that's closest to himself -- fingerprints and dogtags rather than the Reaper's daggers or 'Li's theatrical timidity. ]
[ And Korra's met Hei enough times. She just doesn't have a name to connect to the face. ]
Yeees! Come nom with uuuus~
[ He doesn't offer a riposte to the Two-Names. Instead there's a brief moment's silence, not because he's indifferent; he's just thoughtful. Drifting toward her, he stoops to pick up his glass, ringed darkly with wine lees, before he fixes her with a considering look of his own. It's not too many shades off from the way Korra regards the lizard. ]
You can call me Hei instead of Li, you know.
[ Pavel does. It's strange; he's not used to halfways, but to people who either know nothing of his profession or everything at all. This limbo with Korra and Pavel is completely new. He's not sure if he's tipping it one way or another by offering to let her use his cryptonym. Hei is a mask just as 'Li' and BK201 are, after all. But he's the one that's closest to himself -- fingerprints and dogtags rather than the Reaper's daggers or 'Li's theatrical timidity. ]
[ And Korra's met Hei enough times. She just doesn't have a name to connect to the face. ]