Yeah sure. [She's hunched over her device, carefully pouring over each character in Chekov's little article thing. She can already feel a headache building up behind her eyes.]
[Creeeeak goes the door, and through it comes a tank topped Mako glistening with sweat and salty ocean water. His clean trousers are rolled up to give his previously sanded calves some air to breathe. He quickly, perhaps out of bundled nerves, brushes fingertips through his morning beach hair as he approaches.
Oh, and it looks like the sun has kissed his skin.]
[..........DAMN BOY YOU LOOK FINE. Korra doesn't blush like she might have once, but once she looks up at him, it's hard to bring her attention back to the far-less-attractive words on her device.]
Yeah. [So she tosses it aside and looks at him.] What do you want to talk about?
[He just knows. His pointer finger locates the first paragraph and he mumbles the words under his breath. The progression is a little slower than the typical reader's, but he gets there.
Then comes to second paragraph.]
Okay, look. It says, the universe's sp— space time is both... wooly severe'd... from that of other universes and connected to them in a way that defies con-ven-shun— conventional... understanding.
...Right. [He clears his throat, fighting through the prickling sensation over his cheekbones.]
I'll just finish this paragraph.
It is temp— temporarily... whatever that word is. What time passes here does not pass in our home dimensions and so we all return to our native universes at the same moment as we left.
So basically it's saying where we are is completely unrelated to the time and locations we know of back home. That makes sense, since you said you've been here for about a year.
[Mako frowns self-consciously. Not a good feeling when the girl you love makes fun of your illiteracy.]
What did you expect? [He slumps back again, and his voice falls quieter with each statement.] I didn't have a formal education after my parents died. I was too busy taking care of Bolin. That's why I need your help with this.
[Mako might have an immediate response to that if he weren't so focused on not fucking up the first moment of genuine affection Korra has given him since he arrived. His lips quirk in a small smile as he shrugs his other shoulder.]
It's fine. [Just keep your hand right where it is ffff.
He picks up his communicator again.] Anyway, I think we got the gist of the first paragraph. You go now.
[Sorry, Mako; she lets go of his shoulder, though after grabbing her device, she does shift so their heads are closer together.]
City, intersection of places and time. Might be fake. [She's just skimming -- it's boring and she has trouble focusing when she doesn't feel engaged.] Natural laws don't always apply, not orbiting a star, on some kind of planet. Blah blah blah we don't know where we are.
[This, he can comfortably settle into. With her voice so close to him, it is a little more difficult for him to focus on the material as well, but he's managing somehow.]
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Oh, and it looks like the sun has kissed his skin.]
Did you read it?
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Yeah. [So she tosses it aside and looks at him.] What do you want to talk about?
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[To be vague about it. He takes a seat beside her and opens up the file.]
You start.
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[Sure, there were a few parts that went over her head, but she doesn't think there's anything new there.]
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[He just knows. His pointer finger locates the first paragraph and he mumbles the words under his breath. The progression is a little slower than the typical reader's, but he gets there.
Then comes to second paragraph.]
Okay, look. It says, the universe's sp— space time is both... wooly severe'd... from that of other universes and connected to them in a way that defies con-ven-shun— conventional... understanding.
The "wooly severe'd" part is what stumps me.
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That's "wholly severed." [Wooly severe'd. AHAHA. That's adorable.]
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I'll just finish this paragraph.
It is temp— temporarily... whatever that word is. What time passes here does not pass in our home dimensions and so we all return to our native universes at the same moment as we left.
So basically it's saying where we are is completely unrelated to the time and locations we know of back home. That makes sense, since you said you've been here for about a year.
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You can't read, can you?
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I can read. Some of the words are just dodgy to me.
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I can't believe you can't read.
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What did you expect? [He slumps back again, and his voice falls quieter with each statement.] I didn't have a formal education after my parents died. I was too busy taking care of Bolin. That's why I need your help with this.
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I'm sorry. [She reaches out to squeezes his shoulder.] It just took me by surprise. You're one of the smartest people I know.
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It's fine. [Just keep your hand right where it is ffff.
He picks up his communicator again.] Anyway, I think we got the gist of the first paragraph. You go now.
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City, intersection of places and time. Might be fake. [She's just skimming -- it's boring and she has trouble focusing when she doesn't feel engaged.] Natural laws don't always apply, not orbiting a star, on some kind of planet. Blah blah blah we don't know where we are.
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What kinds of barriers is this guy talking about?
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I mean after you heal. How much longer do you think that's gonna take?
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The doctor wants me to keep using the cane for at least another month, and I'm supposed to keep going to physical therapy for another two months.
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