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bookbending) wrote2020-06-26 01:54 am
bookbending) wrote2020-06-26 01:54 am
IC Contact Post
// ✉ Voice Mail // ☎ Call // ❊ Action //
[That sounds sufficiently unpleasant.]
Korra, you can't always not talk about what scares you. That doesn't make it go away.
Korra, you can't always not talk about what scares you. That doesn't make it go away.
It's not just the dreams! You don't tell me anything and something's wrong!
[Jinora's sleepy and she doesn't think she can out-stubborn Korra right now. As such, she just crawls under the covers and makes herself comfortable.
Not that she believes Korra.]
I'm staying here tonight, just in case you have more bad dreams.
Not that she believes Korra.]
I'm staying here tonight, just in case you have more bad dreams.
[Instead of answering out loud, Jinora just wriggles closer. Not that she'll admit it, but it's nice to have someone there... even when that someone is a secretive Avatar.]
[ You can cut the tension in this house with a knife. Lin can feel it in the ball of her foot, the thickness of the silence.
At first, she was enjoying the quiet, let's be honest. But now she thinks that something needs to be done. She refuses to tiptoe around whatever kind of silly disagreement the children have had. ]
[ So she knocks on Jinora's door, and speaks through the wood. ] Can I speak with you?
At first, she was enjoying the quiet, let's be honest. But now she thinks that something needs to be done. She refuses to tiptoe around whatever kind of silly disagreement the children have had. ]
[ So she knocks on Jinora's door, and speaks through the wood. ] Can I speak with you?
[The little airbender opens her door a crack.]
Yes?
Yes?
Okay.
[She steps back and lets the door squeak open. Her expression is very serious.]
Did something happen?
[She steps back and lets the door squeak open. Her expression is very serious.]
Did something happen?
[Oh. If that's what this is about...
Jinora sits on her bed, fairly at ease with the earthbender.]
Did Korra say something?
Jinora sits on her bed, fairly at ease with the earthbender.]
Did Korra say something?
[There's no sense in not telling Lin what happened, especially since she figured part of it out on her own. The girl hugs her knees to her chest and sighs.]
I found something in Korra's room and she wouldn't tell me about it, so I told her I deserve to know because I'm her trainer. She told me that I'm not like Tenzin--that I'm just a kid. [Jinora sniffs just a little.] And she's right.
We're not training anymore.
I found something in Korra's room and she wouldn't tell me about it, so I told her I deserve to know because I'm her trainer. She told me that I'm not like Tenzin--that I'm just a kid. [Jinora sniffs just a little.] And she's right.
We're not training anymore.
[ Lin pours over this information for a moment. She wants to ask what Jinora found, but on the other hand, she probably doesn't want to actually know what it is, either. ]
You're the same age my mother was when she began traveling with Avatar Aang. [ Her tone may be matter-of-fact, but she's trying to be reassuring. ] That being said, I'm not sure that pushing too hard was a good idea. You are perfectly qualified to train her. But perhaps not to parent. Does that make sense?
[ Buck up, kiddo. ]
You're the same age my mother was when she began traveling with Avatar Aang. [ Her tone may be matter-of-fact, but she's trying to be reassuring. ] That being said, I'm not sure that pushing too hard was a good idea. You are perfectly qualified to train her. But perhaps not to parent. Does that make sense?
[ Buck up, kiddo. ]
[Jinora can't draw any parallels between Toph and herself. By ten, Toph was a champion--an earthbending master. Jinora's no master and she's definitely not anything like the legendary Toph Bei Fong.]
It makes sense. [Lin has a good point, as reluctant as the airbender is to accept it.] I won't push her anymore, and I won't try to be a parent.
It makes sense. [Lin has a good point, as reluctant as the airbender is to accept it.] I won't push her anymore, and I won't try to be a parent.
[UGH. Why do people in this house think that yelling is the best form of communication? Jinora just sighs and braces herself for the inevitable: Chief Bei Fong forcing her to talk to Korra.]
[Jinora stays on her bed, cross-legged and (outwardly) calm.
She'd really rather not have this discussion happen.]
She'd really rather not have this discussion happen.]
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