[ It only takes Hei barely a heartbeat to respond. ]
No.
[ He wasn't in a sociable mood to begin with. But after this recent shock of discovery (rediscovery?), he wants to crawl somewhere dark, away from lights and voices and any stimulus. Try to absorb what this means. (Maybe, finally, absorb Pai's visit and departure -- and the ripples of its impact.) He can't do that while Korra's there. Whatever tangled thing he's carrying inside himself, she can't make it better. Perhaps because the tangles she carries in herself are so much smaller and simpler? It wouldn't be fair to her. (But when has he ever been fair to her?) ]
It's all right. [ He says it very quietly, in a deadpan way that covers up a surfeit of conflict. ] Just need to clear my head.
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No.
[ He wasn't in a sociable mood to begin with. But after this recent shock of discovery (rediscovery?), he wants to crawl somewhere dark, away from lights and voices and any stimulus. Try to absorb what this means. (Maybe, finally, absorb Pai's visit and departure -- and the ripples of its impact.) He can't do that while Korra's there. Whatever tangled thing he's carrying inside himself, she can't make it better. Perhaps because the tangles she carries in herself are so much smaller and simpler? It wouldn't be fair to her. (But when has he ever been fair to her?) ]
It's all right. [ He says it very quietly, in a deadpan way that covers up a surfeit of conflict. ] Just need to clear my head.