[ Hei has no patience in his body, but he has practice at making his words calm, steady. He doesn't do any better in confined spaces than Korra does: he can recognize that full charge of impatience coiled in her body. Unlike her, though, he's been trained to switch that facet of his nature off. Recklessness serves no purpose when your survival depends on silence, stillness. The Reaper inside him recognizes the game -- that's what Heaven's war was to him; a grand game -- is the same whether in a prison or a jungle. He prefers to be in a position to excel. ]
[ Spearing a piece of lime-yellow roll on his fork, he takes a tentative bite. Stale and cloyingly sweet, but he needs the sugar boost. ]
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Date: 2015-03-15 04:46 am (UTC)[ Hei has no patience in his body, but he has practice at making his words calm, steady. He doesn't do any better in confined spaces than Korra does: he can recognize that full charge of impatience coiled in her body. Unlike her, though, he's been trained to switch that facet of his nature off. Recklessness serves no purpose when your survival depends on silence, stillness. The Reaper inside him recognizes the game -- that's what Heaven's war was to him; a grand game -- is the same whether in a prison or a jungle. He prefers to be in a position to excel. ]
[ Spearing a piece of lime-yellow roll on his fork, he takes a tentative bite. Stale and cloyingly sweet, but he needs the sugar boost. ]
[ Flatly, without glancing at Korra, ]
I'd suggest meditation.