Tell them you're pulling a double-shift at the bar.
[ Why answer unwanted questions when you can lie? That's how Hei functions 99% of the time. ]
[ There's still a sense of distemper -- disquiet -- humming in the echo-chamber of his body. He feels strangely raw, stripped bare -- and the way he seems to navigate the moment, internally, externally, is with a kind of precision. It's the same way his body remembers when to evade and when to strike in open-hand combat, how to execute a perfect pirouette to catch his balance mid-fall, his exactitude in the way he slices his dagger across a target's throat. There's also a residual tug of resistance, at the idea of his most secret, precious memories laid out for someone to see. ]
[ But it's too late to focus on the Whys and Do Not Wants right now. They have a problem on their hands. And he needs to find an effective solution -- for Korra's sake as much as his own. She may be privy to sexy dreams, so far. But he can't risk her witnessing -- experiencing -- anything uglier or more traumatic. He may not owe her his loyalty or his tenderness -- but he owes her that much, at least. ]
[ Quieter, he adds, ]
I'll book a motel. You can stay there until this curse is dealt with.
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[ Why answer unwanted questions when you can lie? That's how Hei functions 99% of the time. ]
[ There's still a sense of distemper -- disquiet -- humming in the echo-chamber of his body. He feels strangely raw, stripped bare -- and the way he seems to navigate the moment, internally, externally, is with a kind of precision. It's the same way his body remembers when to evade and when to strike in open-hand combat, how to execute a perfect pirouette to catch his balance mid-fall, his exactitude in the way he slices his dagger across a target's throat. There's also a residual tug of resistance, at the idea of his most secret, precious memories laid out for someone to see. ]
[ But it's too late to focus on the Whys and Do Not Wants right now. They have a problem on their hands. And he needs to find an effective solution -- for Korra's sake as much as his own. She may be privy to sexy dreams, so far. But he can't risk her witnessing -- experiencing -- anything uglier or more traumatic. He may not owe her his loyalty or his tenderness -- but he owes her that much, at least. ]
[ Quieter, he adds, ]
I'll book a motel. You can stay there until this curse is dealt with.