Korra. You don't have to make that promise. I already know that you'd do anything in your power to protect any of us. [Now he's talking in a more soothing voice he's grown accustomed to using with Korra.]
I want to make sure that you don't push yourself. Especially if it's in pursuit of an image of yourself that you don't know yet.
[She hesitates. It's certainly something she's been wondering since they ran into each other earlier, but Korra's a little wary of knowing the answer to.]
Well, that is... [He sighs softly. He doesn't know how to put this, and he doesn't want Korra to feel anxious about things she hasn't lived yet. But he still aims to be as truthful as possible.]
We've through a lot, Korra. And we've come a long way since the time you first set foot on Air Temple Island. It's only natural that this would come with... um, some additional closeness.
I'm not promising because...of what I think my future self would do. Well, not completely.
You let me stay with you at Air Temple Island when you could have just sent me back to the compound, and you've been looking after me all this time. I don't want to disappoint you...or see you get hurt. I'm pretty sure my future self wouldn't either.
Trust me, Korra. I'm confident that there isn't any version of you who wouldn't feel those very things.
But the secret is that I feel the same towards you. You've been in this place for so long, and you must have suffered so much in that time. It only seems fair that I be allowed to take some of that burden for myself. It's my responsibility, after all.
I suppose that's an acceptable compromise, Avatar Korra.
I should warn you, however, the my eyes are keener than a messenger hawk. You'll be hard-pressed to watch over me more efficiently than I you. [Did he forget all those times Korra snuck out when she first moved in or.]
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[Her voice wavers a little. Even without Kite, Haven's still dangerous, and she doesn't want to see anyone else get hurt.]
I'll--I'll do my best to make sure nothing happens to you and Jinora. Or Katara. I promise.
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I want to make sure that you don't push yourself. Especially if it's in pursuit of an image of yourself that you don't know yet.
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[She hesitates. It's certainly something she's been wondering since they ran into each other earlier, but Korra's a little wary of knowing the answer to.]
We're closer in the future, aren't we?
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We've through a lot, Korra. And we've come a long way since the time you first set foot on Air Temple Island. It's only natural that this would come with... um, some additional closeness.
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I'm not promising because...of what I think my future self would do. Well, not completely.
You let me stay with you at Air Temple Island when you could have just sent me back to the compound, and you've been looking after me all this time. I don't want to disappoint you...or see you get hurt. I'm pretty sure my future self wouldn't either.
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But the secret is that I feel the same towards you. You've been in this place for so long, and you must have suffered so much in that time. It only seems fair that I be allowed to take some of that burden for myself. It's my responsibility, after all.
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I don't mind if everyone else is safe.
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I guess...the only way we can agree about this is if we just look out for each other.
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I should warn you, however, the my eyes are keener than a messenger hawk. You'll be hard-pressed to watch over me more efficiently than I you. [Did he forget all those times Korra snuck out when she first moved in or.]
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But...it looks like we have a deal, Master Tenzin.
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Still, you're right. We have ourselves a deal. I should go find Jinora now and tell her the news.
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