Tops of salt towers in an ocean. Nothing to reach, or no resolve? [she pauses and tilts her head.] I haven't, either. Wells get deep and dark. I forgot which way was up. But I found it again. Should we try?
Should be addressed in the plural. The resolve falls short. There's a danger in flying too close to the sea, too. Reverse-Icarus syndrome. Your feet will catch.
Icarus fell to a mistake in planning. Made his wings with wax and failed to account for the heat of the Sun. These extensions are lacking in substance. [a beat.] Your plans need work.
[eyeroll. wow, it's already obvious that this is azula, but she's going to keep it quiet for a little longer because she is trying to explain something here oh my god.]
The fraction isn't enough. It's minimal. You need— [she makes a useless hand gesture, frustrated with her inability to express this. recycle, reuse something, what did she say before that can - ] You can't leave the equation unsolved. It's sense. Your senses will forget if it's not... resolved. It needs the resolution.
But the hilt will wear on your hands. The joints will scrape; fingers, knuckles, wrists, elbows, shoulders. [she touches each of them on her left side with her right hand as she says it.] It causes seizing. Aches. Can you carry your bones?
That's why I limber up! ...or, if you mean something else. Yeah, I guess maybe my path isn't the easiest but it's the right one. If I get shot or stabbed or injured does it matter if I'm doing the right thing? It'll be worth it in the end.
[there's a longer pause and she sits there, frowns, mutters to herself incoherently; she's trying to think of what to do. it's unclear, it's never clear, but she can— there's a solution to this, she's taking a long path that doesn't end, there's a way to make it shorter, something easy if she can just—]
I'm saving my feet.
[she leans up and types a message that appears on the screen a moment later.]
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