[ Hei swallows, cutting off the breathless huff of his laugh before it overspills. He could say something along the lines of He's just worried about you. But he's in no mood to play the mediator, to be the gentle voice of reason -- or to cut Tenzin any slack. It's clear enough that the older man, in his heart, thinks Hei a bandit, a cradle-robber, and is willing to believe anything about him as long as it is bad. ]
[ Still, Hei isn't entirely sure he can blame him, either. If Pai were in Korra's shoes ... if a man did to her the cruelties he's inflicted on Korra ... they'd be finding bits of his corpse across the countryside for weeks. ]
[ Gathering her in close -- ignoring the sharp throb of PaiPaiPai -- Hei studies the sulky-impudent-little-girl aspect of Korra's face. ]
While you're living here, you're his responsibility. [ He can't believe he's making excuses for that stuffy old man. ] Think about it. Your parents wouldn't tolerate this sort of thing, either.
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Date: 2014-03-24 05:00 am (UTC)[ Still, Hei isn't entirely sure he can blame him, either. If Pai were in Korra's shoes ... if a man did to her the cruelties he's inflicted on Korra ... they'd be finding bits of his corpse across the countryside for weeks. ]
[ Gathering her in close -- ignoring the sharp throb of PaiPaiPai -- Hei studies the sulky-impudent-little-girl aspect of Korra's face. ]
While you're living here, you're his responsibility. [ He can't believe he's making excuses for that stuffy old man. ] Think about it. Your parents wouldn't tolerate this sort of thing, either.