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by
F.C. Yee
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November 29 - December 6, 2020
Soon after taking her on, the senior staff discovered Kyoshi’s strong, compulsive need to put things back in their rightful place, minimize clutter, and maintain order.
But surely exceptional circumstances allowed for those convictions to be put on hold.
True hatred was knife-edged and certain. A scale that begged for perfect balance. Yun lay on one side of the fulcrum. Her only responsibility in this life, as far as she was concerned, was to even the weight.
“But maybe one day it could be.”
!!
His rising path left no trace behind him.
Like Jianzhu's bridge!
she couldn’t be a creature of grace, then she’d be a battering ram.
As far as she was concerned, her personal honor and reputation had no value. Trading them for more power was an easy choice. She would do it. For Kelsang and Yun.
The stupid, smug whims of one unworthy man had left fingerprints on history that weren’t likely to be erased.
Oof
The Avatar was a tool. The Avatar was leverage.
The master of all four elements lay somewhere between a bargaining chip to get what you wanted and a blunt-force hammer to be swung at the many imperfections riddling the world.
“Red symbolizes honor. Loyalty. Heroism. This is the face that we show our sworn brothers and sisters. The red is the trust we have for each other, buried in the field of white but always showing through in our gaze.”
<3
Like Te, they were all copying their predecessors, in a cycle that went on and on.
Stay awake. Be present for what you have done. Look at your actions instead of turning away.
This was who she was now. This was her skin. This was her face.
Like I once explained to a former pupil, strength is bending people to your will, not the elements.”
“Put the pieces back, and put them back again, and again, and again one more time, and you’re whole once more.”
“I doubt I’ll be bothering the Chins again anytime soon.
Hahahahaha
