(republic city was just a whisper in her future at this point. nothing real or concrete. no one had broken ground in the colonies to build it, no one shaped her buildings and streets. the place that he grew up, the reality of his whole life... it didn't exist for her.
there haven't been many times in his life that mako felt small. this is one of them, that rush of feeling when you look up at the stars and realize your own insignificance in the grand scope of the world. he starts to tuck his hand behind his back so he can stand at a respectful parade rest, but you need the use of both hands for that, and since his left is still in a sling he just sort of ends up at an awkward loss for what to do with his right.
he can't say the truth, and he's too much his mother's son to lie. so instead he just... gives her the literal answer, the one that's true if you go back two generations in his family tree. )
I'm from the Fire Nation. ( a little hastily, ) But I'm — I'm not a soldier, I'm not going to hurt you.
( even though by all accounts she was a waterbending master at this age, mako really wants to stress that he isn't. a threat. or even interested in being one. she was friends with the fire lord, right? she has to know that not everyone from the fire nation liked or even agreed with the war. )
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there haven't been many times in his life that mako felt small. this is one of them, that rush of feeling when you look up at the stars and realize your own insignificance in the grand scope of the world. he starts to tuck his hand behind his back so he can stand at a respectful parade rest, but you need the use of both hands for that, and since his left is still in a sling he just sort of ends up at an awkward loss for what to do with his right.
he can't say the truth, and he's too much his mother's son to lie. so instead he just... gives her the literal answer, the one that's true if you go back two generations in his family tree. )
I'm from the Fire Nation. ( a little hastily, ) But I'm — I'm not a soldier, I'm not going to hurt you.
( even though by all accounts she was a waterbending master at this age, mako really wants to stress that he isn't. a threat. or even interested in being one. she was friends with the fire lord, right? she has to know that not everyone from the fire nation liked or even agreed with the war. )