[ A secondhand map isn't, in Hei's estimation, the same as exploring the city yourself. Reality and theory are two different ends of the knowledge spectrum; the former is unpredictable enough to trump the latter. Times of day, days of the week, changes of season, changes of politics -- all can make for an area dramatically different from the one you've originally reconnoitered. ]
[ It's why he wants Yin to step beyond Air Temple Island's tranquil sphere. If he could afford it, he'd drape her in bubble-wrap and keep her untouched, sheltered, from the harsher elements of this world. But life doesn't work that way. She needs to immerse herself in the atmosphere, slip out of that brittle shell she's woven the past few weeks, something china-fine and knitted on silence and remoteness. He refuses to believe her recent passivity is the modus operandi of a Doll. Especially not after he's seen her act in ways that are shockingly, heartbreakingly human. ]
[ He doesn't mean to be curt, but there's a certain way in which he speaks, a way of looking at her that's flat and disapproving. ]
That's not good enough. You should be familiar with the city without a guide. Or your observation specter. [ A beat, then, gentler, ] I can take you for a visit right now. There's something I want to show you.
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Date: 2014-05-04 03:26 am (UTC)[ It's why he wants Yin to step beyond Air Temple Island's tranquil sphere. If he could afford it, he'd drape her in bubble-wrap and keep her untouched, sheltered, from the harsher elements of this world. But life doesn't work that way. She needs to immerse herself in the atmosphere, slip out of that brittle shell she's woven the past few weeks, something china-fine and knitted on silence and remoteness. He refuses to believe her recent passivity is the modus operandi of a Doll. Especially not after he's seen her act in ways that are shockingly, heartbreakingly human. ]
[ He doesn't mean to be curt, but there's a certain way in which he speaks, a way of looking at her that's flat and disapproving. ]
That's not good enough. You should be familiar with the city without a guide. Or your observation specter. [ A beat, then, gentler, ] I can take you for a visit right now. There's something I want to show you.