[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.]
Yeah. [He sighs and gets back to it, proceeding carefully to minimize awkward stumbling.]
The City was controlled by beings who called themselves the... day-ties and they were able to put curses on the population and give us things in ex-exchange for memories, items, uhh. Oh, et cetera. They may have been members of a tech-no-log... race. [He scratches his nose, as if an itch had distracted him.] Maybe one that is studying human—? Humans, I guess. Yadda yadda. [Deliberately avoiding that word, anonymous.]
...Oh, deities. I'm guessing this "source" mentioned here is who everyone keeps talking about lately.
Source? [Korra's not entirely sure what Mako's talking about, but context clues.] Uh, yeah. Just before you arrived, there was a revolution. These people calling themselves "Anonymous" overthrew the deities.
Deities are just another kind of spirit. [While gods and spirits may seem all-powerful to normal people, to Korra they're just another part of the world (admittedly one she has little experience with). Strong, to be respected, but not all-powerful or anything like that.]
Anyway. Whatever they are, they look like they're gone.
[Something about that tone bothers him.] Korra, these guys who'd been ruling over you just got overthrown. You need to find out who they are, not just give in to their anonymity and call it a day.
[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.]
[He can totally tell Korra's about to throw a tantrum but spirits he can't really back down from his point every time, can he?]
You're right, I don't. But every time I ask someone about the way this place works, all I get is, "I don't know, it can't be explained, that's the way it is." I can't believe that applies to the people who run the place, too! There have to be some big shot detectives around here somewhere.
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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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She pouts a little. She hates the idea of being left behind while Mako and Bolin go exploring.]
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Hey. We'll do something when you're better, alright? I'm sure the waiting is going to make it that much better.
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Do you still wanna read this?
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The City was controlled by beings who called themselves the... day-ties and they were able to put curses on the population and give us things in ex-exchange for memories, items, uhh. Oh, et cetera. They may have been members of a tech-no-log... race. [He scratches his nose, as if an itch had distracted him.] Maybe one that is studying human—? Humans, I guess. Yadda yadda. [Deliberately avoiding that word, anonymous.]
...Oh, deities. I'm guessing this "source" mentioned here is who everyone keeps talking about lately.
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So what now, then? Have you guys had more contact with the deities since that happened?
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Anyway. Whatever they are, they look like they're gone.
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[Something about that tone bothers him.] Korra, these guys who'd been ruling over you just got overthrown. You need to find out who they are, not just give in to their anonymity and call it a day.
[He REALLY means the general you, but...]
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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.]
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You're right, I don't. But every time I ask someone about the way this place works, all I get is, "I don't know, it can't be explained, that's the way it is." I can't believe that applies to the people who run the place, too! There have to be some big shot detectives around here somewhere.
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