[Korra doesn't deny his methods are effective. But are the results worth the cost — that's the question, the gulf between them. Hei sticks with the methods he knows, inhumane as they may be, and acts as though they are the only option, and to think otherwise is to be hopelessly naive. Korra believes a better way can be found, if you commit yourself to it. Why dive into the mud when, if you look around, you can find a bridge?
If it was impulse, she'd understand. If it was a knee-jerk reaction, ingrained habit, she'd understand. She still defaults to violence herself. Yet this isn't a bad habit he's having trouble breaking. This is a conscious choice he's made, and that he's lied to her about.
And maybe that's the part that really hurts — how he's kept her in the dark. He's lied to her, and even if it's far from the first time, it doesn't hurt any less.]
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[Korra doesn't deny his methods are effective. But are the results worth the cost — that's the question, the gulf between them. Hei sticks with the methods he knows, inhumane as they may be, and acts as though they are the only option, and to think otherwise is to be hopelessly naive. Korra believes a better way can be found, if you commit yourself to it. Why dive into the mud when, if you look around, you can find a bridge?
If it was impulse, she'd understand. If it was a knee-jerk reaction, ingrained habit, she'd understand. She still defaults to violence herself. Yet this isn't a bad habit he's having trouble breaking. This is a conscious choice he's made, and that he's lied to her about.
And maybe that's the part that really hurts — how he's kept her in the dark. He's lied to her, and even if it's far from the first time, it doesn't hurt any less.]