ic contact.

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voicemail;

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Hey, Korra. It's Mako.

( he says, unnecessarily, with an unnecessary expression. )

Uh. I don't know if this is a good time, but there's something you should probably know. ( why are phones so hard? who invented these things?? why are they awful to talk on? ) But Master Katara's here. But not... the one we know. Tenzin's mom. I mean. It is her, but it's not that her. She's like fourteen, I think. And she's a firebender now.

( it is a Lot. he's still reeling. )

( 1/2 )

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What.

( korra isn't here right now please leave a message after the ... )

Master Katara?! And she's — she's what!

You have to be wrong, that is ...

( korra's just going to ... perish. )

( 2/3 jk!! )

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... that is so cool, what! Get outta town! She's like, Team Avatar age? Holy smokes. Oh man. I. I have so many things to ask her. Mako! If you were here I'd punch you in the face!

( voicemail is bad for punchy reasons. )

( 3/3 )

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Wait, but ...

( there's a sadder affliction to her voice, something bone deep and introspective. )

But ... if she's that young then, then she doesn't ... she doesn't know about Avatar Aang.

( she's gonna hate korra, isn't she? )

Tell me you didn't tell her I'm the Avatar.

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( face punching is just how korra shows love. obviously.

mako takes a deep breath. )

I think Bolin let the cat out of the bag on that one.

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( guess what mako.

bolin isn't here so you're getting angry korra's yelling. )

Are you kidding me?! Tell Katara about how dead her husband is in the future, oh sure, that sounds smart. Now here I am! Living proof that he's gone! Ugh.

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( wow, okay, sure, just take it all out on him like you always do!! )

Gee, sorry about the fact that I forgot to put his muzzle on this morning before I let him outside to play! You know how he is!

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Oh, so now it's my fault? He's your brother!

( deep breaths, korra. she's - still a fiery person, but she's not as bad as she otherwise would be. in another event, she'd never say sorry at all, and just act irritable at him until he did something else to piss her off. for now, )

Okay, look, I'm sorry. I'm just — frustrated. ( there's a heavy sigh, the shuffle of her fingers sifting through her hair. ) I should go talk to her, probably.

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( this is some leo/aries fighty shit right here, that's what this is. the apology is. mollifying, somewhat, but he's still hot under the metaphorical collar. )

I didn't say it was your fault. Bo didn't know any better, and he met her before I did. I didn't even know this was something that could... happen.

( so now he cycles back around to guilt. because he didn't think about it, plan for it, think up some sort of clause that they could all agree to beforehand in case something like this did happen. )

Fine. Just — fine. But leave me out of it.

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Fine!

( HANGS UP )

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Fine!

( YES HE YELLED THAT AT A DEAD LINE. NO, HE DOESN'T CARE. )