[ The silence stretches out in a gelid, suffocating weight. Korra's eyes remind him of burning-blue blackout lamps, the flickers of her thoughts like moths buzzing ghostlike in their orbit. The longer she stays quiet, the more he's convinced Amber has told her valuable information. Now she's contemplating whether or not to play it straight with him. That, in itself, takes Hei by surprise. Is she truly that loyal to Amber's cause -- whatever it is? Enough to shed her default brashness? How is that possible? The disquiet is like a thorn in his mind, pricking at his self-control. What is it about Amber that inspires such blind and starstruck faith in her followers? ]
[ (Except he knows the answer. He'd been more blinded -- dumbstruck, bedazzled -- than anyone. Even now, late at night, when his wayward thoughts segue toward the most tightly-trammeled boxes in his brain, he thinks of the way the wind used to catch Amber's hair, the way her fingers traced his body in the darkness, his ribs, the fortune-lines of his palm...) ]
[ Irritably, he shakes it off. Korra's ambivalence is clear. He watches her silently for a moment, before he says, quietly, ]
...Is she worth this misguided loyalty?
[ An emotional litmus test. Seeing how completely Amber has -- or hasn't -- spellbound her with all her glittering lies. ]
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Date: 2015-04-22 03:46 am (UTC)[ (Except he knows the answer. He'd been more blinded -- dumbstruck, bedazzled -- than anyone. Even now, late at night, when his wayward thoughts segue toward the most tightly-trammeled boxes in his brain, he thinks of the way the wind used to catch Amber's hair, the way her fingers traced his body in the darkness, his ribs, the fortune-lines of his palm...) ]
[ Irritably, he shakes it off. Korra's ambivalence is clear. He watches her silently for a moment, before he says, quietly, ]
...Is she worth this misguided loyalty?
[ An emotional litmus test. Seeing how completely Amber has -- or hasn't -- spellbound her with all her glittering lies. ]