[ Exasperated, Hei watches Naga bound off. The hot lash of her voice, her zinging blue glare, stays branded in his mind's eye. Reading his ruthlessness and the moral bankruptcy it represents: judging him as a human and finding him wanting. And she is in the right. That is the bitch of it. Even after years of associating with him, her moral certainty seems more certain than ever, while his ... Well, he'd had it once. He'd also had the warm net of a family to protect him, a canopy of real stars to light his way, a sister to love him. Life stole and lost the things you'd thought safely pocketed. Or else death did. ]
[ It's that, more than anything, that feeds a gallop of adrenaline into Hei's system. Doesn't matter if she doesn't approve of his methods. They get results. And if she wants Bolin back alive, that's all that matters. ]
[ With that in mind, he's ready to drop the airbender off at a safe-point -- drugged and bound -- and tail Korra until he's sure she and her stupid friend are safe home. ]
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Date: 2014-08-14 01:06 am (UTC)[ Exasperated, Hei watches Naga bound off. The hot lash of her voice, her zinging blue glare, stays branded in his mind's eye. Reading his ruthlessness and the moral bankruptcy it represents: judging him as a human and finding him wanting. And she is in the right. That is the bitch of it. Even after years of associating with him, her moral certainty seems more certain than ever, while his ... Well, he'd had it once. He'd also had the warm net of a family to protect him, a canopy of real stars to light his way, a sister to love him. Life stole and lost the things you'd thought safely pocketed. Or else death did. ]
[ It's that, more than anything, that feeds a gallop of adrenaline into Hei's system. Doesn't matter if she doesn't approve of his methods. They get results. And if she wants Bolin back alive, that's all that matters. ]
[ With that in mind, he's ready to drop the airbender off at a safe-point -- drugged and bound -- and tail Korra until he's sure she and her stupid friend are safe home. ]