[Korra doesn't come home that night. Ostensibly, she stays at Air Temple Island with Bolin, Mako, and Asami to make sure that Bolin is all right, and because Tenzin was furious when he found out she'd been attacked and hadn't gone to Lin. But she knows the real reason she doesn't want to go home: she doesn't want to face Hei, knowing what she now knows.
It was one thing to know about his past. It was one thing to know what he was capable of. But people can change. People can move beyond their pasts; people can resist the terrible things they're capable of. Hei is actively choosing to do evil. Nobody is forcing him. He's not a pawn of some larger, cruel organization. All the options in the world, and he's chosen to throw his lot in with the gangs, to torture and kill other people for money.
How is she supposed to live with that? She's the Avatar, and that is the exact opposite of everything she stands for.
She doesn't know the answer, but she can't hide forever. After breakfast the next morning, she reluctantly mounts Naga and heads for the house.]
TIMESKIP
It was one thing to know about his past. It was one thing to know what he was capable of. But people can change. People can move beyond their pasts; people can resist the terrible things they're capable of. Hei is actively choosing to do evil. Nobody is forcing him. He's not a pawn of some larger, cruel organization. All the options in the world, and he's chosen to throw his lot in with the gangs, to torture and kill other people for money.
How is she supposed to live with that? She's the Avatar, and that is the exact opposite of everything she stands for.
She doesn't know the answer, but she can't hide forever. After breakfast the next morning, she reluctantly mounts Naga and heads for the house.]