[ Hei lets her go, watching her rush back to the bar while he conducts a slow eighty-degree sweep of the area, in case he'd missed any voyeurs. So far, so good. Personally it's an experience he wouldn't mind repeating. But next time he has no intention of choosing such an open venue. He exits the lot quietly, and there's enough for him to do that the hours slip by unnoticed -- a trip to the safehouse, surveillance equipment to assemble, a second package to pick up, an errant contact to trace down, a few not-empty threats to make, a few blows to exchange. ]
[ By the time he's outdoors again, the crescent moon above is the only company he can stand. But Korra asked to see him later. While typically Hei shuns any behavior that might be used to fix him to a time and place -- repeatedly visiting the bar where she works definitely classifies as that -- an occasional spur-of-the-moment decision is something he's learning to live with. ]
[ He doesn't wait for her outside the bar like a pining puppy. Instead she'll get a message to stop by a derelict old building a few blocks off. Neither a homely nor a romantic venue. But it's a test, to gauge just how much she trusts him, if she lets him lead her into such an ominous place. ]
⊕ Friday!
[ By the time he's outdoors again, the crescent moon above is the only company he can stand. But Korra asked to see him later. While typically Hei shuns any behavior that might be used to fix him to a time and place -- repeatedly visiting the bar where she works definitely classifies as that -- an occasional spur-of-the-moment decision is something he's learning to live with. ]
[ He doesn't wait for her outside the bar like a pining puppy. Instead she'll get a message to stop by a derelict old building a few blocks off. Neither a homely nor a romantic venue. But it's a test, to gauge just how much she trusts him, if she lets him lead her into such an ominous place. ]