[ To find alternative solutions -- or find the resolve within himself to carry through on what he needs to do. Hei's moments of lenience are rare and specific, all of them funneling into one goal, nothing superfluous or useless. Yet letting her go is useless. He knows that. Yet he doesn't mind it as much as he should. That is what makes him uneasy. Because it means he's starting to feel involved. Fuck, he'd started way before this, started when Korra was first cursed as a child. But by now his involvement has reached an uncomfortable pitch like a deep laceration, only temporarily numb-able. ]
[ The banter, the sexing, it is involving, it keeps his boredom and ennui at bay, but that makes it worse. He's growing accustomed to it. Whether Korra realizes it or not. A cold voice tells him he's gotten soft. The idea makes his skin itch. Moreso because he's not sure he remembers who that voice belongs to. He just knows it's not Pai's. ]
[ He moves to go, then hesitates, glancing back at Korra. Something is off about her. Or absent. That usual zing of impatient energy. ] Is everything okay? [ .............Is she stoned? ]
action - Sunday 2/3
[ The banter, the sexing, it is involving, it keeps his boredom and ennui at bay, but that makes it worse. He's growing accustomed to it. Whether Korra realizes it or not. A cold voice tells him he's gotten soft. The idea makes his skin itch. Moreso because he's not sure he remembers who that voice belongs to. He just knows it's not Pai's. ]
[ He moves to go, then hesitates, glancing back at Korra. Something is off about her. Or absent. That usual zing of impatient energy. ] Is everything okay? [ .............Is she stoned? ]