[She'd be glad to know she makes it look effortless, because it's not. She wants to say, in response to his comment, that effort is never enough. In her role as the Avatar, she's learned that everything in your power is still not enough to solve all the problems in the world... Or even a single person's life. Your best efforts will always leave something wanting.
By that same token, whatever you can give is still good enough. The only thing that matters, the only thing you can control, it's how much effort you put into something. The results will be what they are.
She doesn't say that. It'd be hard for her to put it in words, and that would just be an invitation for him to poke holes in it, because that's what he does when he's anxious. She settles for leaning forward and kissing him gently.]
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Date: 2015-02-17 03:56 am (UTC)By that same token, whatever you can give is still good enough. The only thing that matters, the only thing you can control, it's how much effort you put into something. The results will be what they are.
She doesn't say that. It'd be hard for her to put it in words, and that would just be an invitation for him to poke holes in it, because that's what he does when he's anxious. She settles for leaning forward and kissing him gently.]
We'll make it work.