Despite how little she had seen of Asami lately, she sped off for the gardens as soon as she arrived at the Sato Mansion. Asami had been in the sitting room with one of Mako and Bolin’s many relatives, Korra just feigned a smile and said she had been slacking on her meditation recently. With Naga still in the south pole, she knew that she would be left alone for as long as she needed to be. The sun had just begun to set, still above the horizon when she sat down and put her hands together.
Korra zoned out, allowing herself to just sit in silence, not focusing on anything in particular. She had no idea how much time had passed when Asami made herself known. She noted the sound of her heels clicking before opening her blue eyes.The sun had long since set, what stars could be seen now visible in the night sky. She had meditated right through dinner. Allowing her stiff shoulders to relax, she let out a heavy sigh as she stared at her lap.
“Not really. Some guy in town today started asking me things about Kuvira that he shouldn’t have even known. And then he started talking about how I ruined the Avatar Cycle because of what happened with Raava when I fought my uncle. I never really blamed myself, but..I guess he’s right. The past avatars are gone, and I’m the one to blame.”
there was noticeable tension in every bit of korra's form --- not the kind that meditation could cure on it's own. at least, not for korra. though the avatar had certainly gotten better at it over the years it had never been her forte, asami knew that much. and the way she SIGHED, her head hanging low and a raincloud practically rumbling over her head, the engineer's worry only mounted.
she came to sit besides korra, leaving little space between them, painted mouth pulled into a tight frown as the words came tumbling out. at least she wasn't trying to HIDE what worried her, hiding never helped any of them.
❝ korra, ❞ asami's voice was firm, but ever coated with the softness that came from speaking to the other woman, ❝ you are the last person who can be blamed for that. sure, you had a part in it, but --- what happened wasn't something you could have stopped. anyone who thinks otherwise is just someone who REFUSES to understand. these people thing the avatar is unstoppable, that the avatar is supposed to be some grand being who can fix the world without ever having their own conflict and i think they forget that beyond being the avatar you're also human. ❞
slender, well worked fingers found korra's own to give her hand a comforting squeeze. clearly asami had put a lot of thought onto the issue --- it came from being there first hand for the troubles korra endured.
