So they're....embodiments of energy. Called spirits. Even though I'm pretty sure spirits and ghosts are the same thing. [ he's not so sure about that mako, but he'll shrug anyway. ] But hey, if I was a disembodied collection of energy that could also die and be killed, I'd also want a different world.

[ a beat, then. ]

I'm sorry- did you say Korra merged them?

[ because hold up, that seems really? sort of? important? lance will blink at mako, then at his 'request', before his brow arches teasingly, coming to a stop with Mako. ] So forward..... [ which is said with a little bit of a smile, before he holds out his hand for him. ]

Why do you need my hand, again?