No. [There's no point in lying about it. Especially to him -- why try to protect him from things he already knows? Her death, the shed, losing her friends, cursed Chekov, the ghouls... he's been involved in pretty much every terrible thing that's happened to her since coming here. (There's no blame in the thought, only fact.)]
But it will be.
[And she smiles at him, because the moon is bright, the air is crisp, and for the first time in her life (that she can remember), she's made contact with the Spirit World.]
[ Hei feels, bizarrely, like he's intruding on a private moment. Which is impossible. But there's something so -- serene? -- in her gaze, in the clear blue depths of it. She looks almost like Pai did upon awakening after her payment; sweet and calm and guileless, like a child. Except Pai had never known a life without guile in her brief years. It was her own nature that'd kept her separate from the surrounding filth, despite being a Contractor. ]
[ It's that same quality that draws him to Korra. ]
[ He shakes it off. Her words are ambiguous, but not ominous. Whatever's going on in her head doesn't hold a troublesome weight. That much is apparent. ] I see. [ He half-turns, ready to head home. Over his shoulder, he murmurs, ] Don't fall asleep in the snow again. [ That little implication, a subtext, that she had him concerned for a moment. Hopefully she won't catch it. ]
[In another mood, maybe, but no such luck tonight. She catches the subtext and boxes it away with the other little fragments of humanity he's dropped in front of her, safe in a little compartment in her heart.
And then she heads for home & the beach. It feels like the moon is tugging her to the water as surely as it does the tide.]
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But it will be.
[And she smiles at him, because the moon is bright, the air is crisp, and for the first time in her life (that she can remember), she's made contact with the Spirit World.]
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[ It's that same quality that draws him to Korra. ]
[ He shakes it off. Her words are ambiguous, but not ominous. Whatever's going on in her head doesn't hold a troublesome weight. That much is apparent. ] I see. [ He half-turns, ready to head home. Over his shoulder, he murmurs, ] Don't fall asleep in the snow again. [ That little implication, a subtext, that she had him concerned for a moment. Hopefully she won't catch it. ]
[ Shaking his head, he quits the park. ]
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And then she heads for home & the beach. It feels like the moon is tugging her to the water as surely as it does the tide.]
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