Kaya actually managed a laugh here: it was hollow and full of self scorn, but maybe, just for the moment, she needed to have a little humor in something that hurt.
"Big sister? Are you openly mocking me, even now?" She said, raising her eyebrows. Not that it meant she wasn't going to say what was bothering her: she just noted the irony that Azula of all people would be the one curious to know about it.
"If I'm supposed to deal with the present, as it stands, then I'll do that. I'm a waterbender: we are best at adjusting to situations when they come. But when you get thrown hard thing after hard thing, and they expect you to deal with it, its as if the only choice you have is being a stone, not caring what happens."
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"Big sister? Are you openly mocking me, even now?" She said, raising her eyebrows. Not that it meant she wasn't going to say what was bothering her: she just noted the irony that Azula of all people would be the one curious to know about it.
"If I'm supposed to deal with the present, as it stands, then I'll do that. I'm a waterbender: we are best at adjusting to situations when they come. But when you get thrown hard thing after hard thing, and they expect you to deal with it, its as if the only choice you have is being a stone, not caring what happens."