[ Walking beside her, Hei can feel the nervousness vibrating off her. Nothing like Korra, who jigs and fizzes like a pop-can about to blow -- but perceptible all the same. He wonders: Has something happened to her? and dismisses the stale curiosity in the same breath. Asami's life isn't his concern; he's got enough on his plate already. Hers and Korra's friendship is something that goes on quite apart from him. He only has a keyhole's view into it. (There are times when he wonders if there's something going on between them. But nothing about Asami evokes a real paranoia. She's completely benign. Mostly, he dismisses it as 'girl-stuff' and leaves them to do as they please.) ]
[ (It's the same attitude he'd had with Pai and Amber -- except they'd both blindsided him so completely that he's still left reeling from the shock of it.) ]
[ At Asami's question, ]
No. [ A crawling moment, then: ] I'll fix you something to drink while you wait.
[ His way of giving in to hospitality. An inch's worth. But also a way to keep his hands busy and circumvent that desultory chitchat he hates so much. (He used to be so good at projecting an aura of warmth and courtesy. What happened?) ]
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Date: 2014-12-29 09:10 pm (UTC)[ (It's the same attitude he'd had with Pai and Amber -- except they'd both blindsided him so completely that he's still left reeling from the shock of it.) ]
[ At Asami's question, ]
No. [ A crawling moment, then: ] I'll fix you something to drink while you wait.
[ His way of giving in to hospitality. An inch's worth. But also a way to keep his hands busy and circumvent that desultory chitchat he hates so much. (He used to be so good at projecting an aura of warmth and courtesy. What happened?) ]