( if he can mourn so much for the loss of the sun, he can't imagine what it's like for her. it's like there's a dead thing hanging in the sky where an old friend used to be, and he frowns. looking down at the earth between them.

honestly, if he could give up bending at all just for the chance for her to feel the earth, he would. it's not her favorite element, he knows she favors fire, but. at least it's a connection. being in tune with the elements all your life and having that connection suddenly terminated... it's like losing an integral sense. )

Korra... you're a lot of things, but even without your bending, you could never be normal. You're still smart, and funny, and beautiful, an incredible fighter and an amazing friend. And we know this isn't permanent. No one's ever been able to keep us where we don't want to be indefinitely, right? Team Avatar's just a little off our game right now. But we aren't going to stay that way. This place must have given you something. We just need to find it.