re: episode 4 of korra

[airteachings]

I've no idea what Tarrlok is planning. It cannot simply be a means to gain more power, but... I have no reasonable nor logical outcome if not the former.

At the very least, I'm aware I'll need to be cautious. Korra as well.

- of course it worries me.

This is slowly becoming more and more of a complicated mess.

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[headbites]

[ Don't mind me Dad, just gnawing on your head like usual. ]

[airteachings]

[ not minding at all, because at this point this is normal isn't it? ]

Hello, Meelo.

[interest]

What's a mess, Daddy?

[bookbender]

He's a jerk, Dad.

[hotheadedsavior]

Tenzin!

[airteachings]

It's just work, dear. It's not something you should concern yourself with.

[airteachings]

Couldn't have said it better.

[airteachings]

Hello, Korra. How... are you?

[ what is trying to help comfort someone ]

[interest]

So how come Jinora gets to talk about it?

[blackshepherd]

Yeah, these things can never be easy. Good luck, Mister.

[hotheadedsavior]

I'm sorry I let myself get caught up in all this. I've made everything worse. Amon, he - [sighs] he's not going to come after me until last. After all the other Benders are gone then he will fight me. That's why he let me keep my powers.

[airteachings]

She doesn't. Jinora -- she knows a bit too much.

[ probably more than she lets on, he thinks ]

[airteachings]

It's alright. It couldn't be helped. The important thing now is to continue with how things are going, and plan accordingly.

[ offers a comforting smile, and hey, have a hand on your shoulder too ]

We'll stop him before any of that happens.

[airteachings]

Nothing in life ever comes easy. If it does, something must not be right.

Thank you.

[blackshepherd]

That's a pretty grim outlook.

[interest]

Do you think she'd tell me what she knows? I should go ask her!

[airteachings]

Things worth something in life don't come to you out of thin air.

While I admit I am a bit of a pessimist, I am also a realist.

[airteachings]

I would hope that she won't. She knows when not to speak, perhaps you would do well to learn the same, Ikki.

[interest]

[This face. Just this face.]

[blackshepherd]

[l-lol]

Well, sure, you've gotta put work into things. But I wouldn't say nothing ever comes easy or without trouble. What about simple things? Like muffins, they're delicious and you don't have to go to great lengths to get 'em.

[airteachings]

[ Oh, the woes of parenting.

... have a pat on the head, child of mine. ]

You'll know one day.

[airteachings]

... I suppose that is also true.

But even the greatest muffins must have taken time and effort to perfect.

[ :| you have a point, boy, but he won't admit so easily ]

[interest]

[Have a tiny hug, Tenzin.]

[blackshepherd]

I guess? But that's someone else's hard work. Maybe it's your friend who puts all the work into perfecting their muffin recipe, and then they want to share with you. Friends can make things a lot easier too, then it doesn't have to be hard at all.

[airteachings]

[ he returns the hug; yay family? ]

[interest]

[Yay family! Ikki pulls back, smiling brightly.]

I'm still going to ask her!

[waterbends]

I think things are usually a mess when the Avatar's involved.

[airteachings]

[ oh god it's so weird to see mother this young -- ]

I suppose naturally, trouble brews with the appearance of the Avatar. I imagine from what I've heard from your stories that it was a similar experience.

[waterbends]

[ You are allegedly her child, it is no less insane for her. X( ]

Similar, yeah. It's -- well, kind of neat, I guess, to know that you're working so closely with firebenders.

[airteachings]

[ mother y u so tiny and young why can't he go back to his own ~*youth*~ ]

The world has come a long way since your time.

[waterbends]

[ ok ok look Katara is tired of being all ~mature~ about this and she might be openly staring just a little now ]

.. you really have the tattoos and everything.

[airteachings]

I was the only one who really took after father.

Kya and Bumi had more of your traits than anything.

[waterbends]

That's what I've heard.

[ ... ]

Are you always so serious? [ lkjasf wow katara rude ] I mean - not that that's a bad thing, unless - maybe Aang and I are really serious, too, I just can't imagine - I really marry Aang?

[ Child you are so classy. ]

[airteachings]

[ wow thanks Mother |: don't diss the srsbzn ]

Is it... that much of a troubling thought?

[waterbends]

[ SHE'S NOT DISSING YOU TENZIN YOU ARE JUST... weird. ]

It's not that! I just - haven't even seen him in over a year. In either of the places I'm at. I'm not saying that absence makes the heart forget, it's just a little weird to know that that's what I'm supposed to do someday.

[airteachings]

What you're supposed to do...

[ he takes a second -- ]

It was, and is, as the situation calls for you, still your choice; while it happens in the canon, it does not necessarily rule out the possibility of you exchanging vows with another. [ ignoring the recurrent shouts of "Zutara!" from his mundane because otp feelings ]

But I admit, I am glad to be alive now, so your joining with father is appreciated. [ who's a little mommy's boy, oh yes it's you Tenzin ]

[waterbends]

[ This conversation is so meta. Katara rubs her face, before she shakes her head and just laughs. ]

How about we start this over? Hi, Tenzin. I'm your mom from like a million years ago.