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[All three options sound pretty amazing to someone who’s never really had a playmate before. Korra chews on her thumb as she considers them all seriously—her first experience with a spirit! She has to think about this very carefully.]
Otter penguins! We saw a bunch of them where we used to live, but there aren’t a lot near the compound.
[At least, not that she’s seen. It’s not often that they let her out of the gates anyway.]
Otter penguins! We saw a bunch of them where we used to live, but there aren’t a lot near the compound.
[At least, not that she’s seen. It’s not often that they let her out of the gates anyway.]
Uh-huh! She's the best water bender in the whole world. She invented healing with water!
[Thoughtfully:] She's so good, she's the Avatar's teacher! And that's you, so you know my gran-gran, right?
[Thoughtfully:] She's so good, she's the Avatar's teacher! And that's you, so you know my gran-gran, right?
Yep! I call her gran-gran so I forget her grown-up name sometimes.
[Color Sheryl intrigued, judging by the curious expression that covers her entire face.]
Bend...? Do you mean bending your body and stuff? Like yoga?
[She makes a vague gesture with her arms, bending her left forearm and spreading her fingers out from her right hand.]
Avatar?
Bend...? Do you mean bending your body and stuff? Like yoga?
[She makes a vague gesture with her arms, bending her left forearm and spreading her fingers out from her right hand.]
Avatar?
[She mentions the compound again and Jack's worry also returns. What is this girl being put through?]
That's... because the animals don't like that place very much.
[They stay away from it, and Jack does too. Usually bothering serious and working people would be fun, but that place just gets on his nerves.
He leans in once more, time for a new "secret".] I can show you where they are but you gotta promise this stays between us, alright?
That's... because the animals don't like that place very much.
[They stay away from it, and Jack does too. Usually bothering serious and working people would be fun, but that place just gets on his nerves.
He leans in once more, time for a new "secret".] I can show you where they are but you gotta promise this stays between us, alright?
I'd like that, Korra! Do build up your snowmen-making skills to craft one of me.
And yes, I did. Avatar Aang was much more into snowmen than I was, even if I'd lived in snow all my life. [ maybe it's an avatar thing. ahhh nostalgia. ]
And yes, I did. Avatar Aang was much more into snowmen than I was, even if I'd lived in snow all my life. [ maybe it's an avatar thing. ahhh nostalgia. ]
Oh… [Korra deflates a little. That would explain why she hasn’t seen that many animals around the compound, or heard them nearby. But she nods.]
Okay, I can keep a secret! [She hesitates, though.] Do you think they’ll like me?
[If the animals had stayed away, there has to be a reason, right?]
Okay, I can keep a secret! [She hesitates, though.] Do you think they’ll like me?
[If the animals had stayed away, there has to be a reason, right?]
[ !! oh well now is a good enough time for the reveal as any. she taps her betrothal necklace with a nostalgic smile. ] But of course I did. I was his wife and waterbending master.
[The moment Sheryl sees a bubble forming out from the ground and into Korra's hands is when she gasps out loud, mouth wide open in utter shock.]
— Wow! How did you do that?!
[She may have seen stranger things in her life, such alien bugs the size of five-story buildings, but a toddler making bubbles out of nowhere is among them. It's new to Sheryl, anyway. Tilting her head, she points.]
It's amazing... no really, I haven't seen anything like this before!
— Wow! How did you do that?!
[She may have seen stranger things in her life, such alien bugs the size of five-story buildings, but a toddler making bubbles out of nowhere is among them. It's new to Sheryl, anyway. Tilting her head, she points.]
It's amazing... no really, I haven't seen anything like this before!
They're gonna love you, Korra. You know how to smile and have fun, unlike those soldiers.
[He still doesn't know what she's doing in that place with those people, but he doesn't like it. Not the time to think about it, though, he has a little girl to teach. After winking at her, he grabs her hand and calls on the wind, which sends them flying on an arch through the sky. Jack laughs all the way, even when they land on a snow bank without much gentleness.
And everywhere around them, staring in surprise... there are otter-penguins.]
[He still doesn't know what she's doing in that place with those people, but he doesn't like it. Not the time to think about it, though, he has a little girl to teach. After winking at her, he grabs her hand and calls on the wind, which sends them flying on an arch through the sky. Jack laughs all the way, even when they land on a snow bank without much gentleness.
And everywhere around them, staring in surprise... there are otter-penguins.]
... That's part of it. [ she can't lie. ] But I think you make a very spirited and talented young student, even if you are also the Avatar.
[She pauses to think.]
'cause she stays here to train you. So if you come with us, she can live with us! My family an' your family an' the acolytes.
'cause she stays here to train you. So if you come with us, she can live with us! My family an' your family an' the acolytes.
[Jinora looks down, upset at having made Korra feel bad.]
Nuh-uh. Gran-gran wouldn't stay here if she didn't wanna. So she must like it here.
Nuh-uh. Gran-gran wouldn't stay here if she didn't wanna. So she must like it here.
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