[Mai's never been the optimist. ... Well, no, that's not quite right. She was a pessimist and an optimist all in one, hoping somewhere deep in that apathetic and stern exterior while fully well knowing that wasn't how things worked. It was never how things worked.
She waves a hand lightly there, dismissively towards the pod they're standing in front of.]
You can't dwell on it either though. I mean if in the end you still let them hold some control of how you act and how you think, aren't they still controlling you in some way? Or at least haunting you.
[Then again, she's one to talk. She thinks of the Kemikurage, of Azula. She thinks of Zuko's secrets and her own lies. The hand waving dismissively soon joins her other as she crosses her arms tightly around herself, frowning some.]
Then again, it's not like you get to choose what follows you around.
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[Mai's never been the optimist. ... Well, no, that's not quite right. She was a pessimist and an optimist all in one, hoping somewhere deep in that apathetic and stern exterior while fully well knowing that wasn't how things worked. It was never how things worked.
She waves a hand lightly there, dismissively towards the pod they're standing in front of.]
You can't dwell on it either though. I mean if in the end you still let them hold some control of how you act and how you think, aren't they still controlling you in some way? Or at least haunting you.
[Then again, she's one to talk. She thinks of the Kemikurage, of Azula. She thinks of Zuko's secrets and her own lies. The hand waving dismissively soon joins her other as she crosses her arms tightly around herself, frowning some.]
Then again, it's not like you get to choose what follows you around.