[ Flat and matter-of-fact. He can't blame her for being suspicious. They're both Contractors -- concepts like 'consideration' and 'compassion' aren't in their lexicon. Not unless there are strings attached. Certainly, if this were an assignment, Hei would never let Korra run off on a whim. But this isn't an assignment. They've both been crammed together for an interminable amount of time, volatile and on-edge. It's risky to prolong the arrangement. They both need to decompress, in their own ways. The past few days have been punctuated by stress and sniping: from a purely rational standpoint, it's dangerous for them to keep running hot. ]
[ Keeping his tone mild to avoid firing off her alarms, he says, half-truthfully, ]
You've been pretty wound-up these few days. It's starting to make me jumpy.
[ Not that it shows. (But does anything, where BK201 is concerned?) ]
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[ Flat and matter-of-fact. He can't blame her for being suspicious. They're both Contractors -- concepts like 'consideration' and 'compassion' aren't in their lexicon. Not unless there are strings attached. Certainly, if this were an assignment, Hei would never let Korra run off on a whim. But this isn't an assignment. They've both been crammed together for an interminable amount of time, volatile and on-edge. It's risky to prolong the arrangement. They both need to decompress, in their own ways. The past few days have been punctuated by stress and sniping: from a purely rational standpoint, it's dangerous for them to keep running hot. ]
[ Keeping his tone mild to avoid firing off her alarms, he says, half-truthfully, ]
You've been pretty wound-up these few days. It's starting to make me jumpy.
[ Not that it shows. (But does anything, where BK201 is concerned?) ]