surface.

LIN COULDN’T HELP BUT ROLL HER EYES. KYA WAS SO DIFFERENT FROM HER siblings and until moments like these, Lin almost forgot just how different. Though it wasn’t necessarily a bad thing, just different. “It’s still threatening members of the council and technically illegal,” Lin pointed out, trying to be stern, falling short only because it was a dear friend she was talking to and the fact that being called ‘darling Lin’ had struck her momentarily dumb. 

Besides, it wasn’t as though she didn’t have a point, or a cause worth fighting for but would it really kill the people around her to respect authority at least on her behalf? As if her sister’s antics weren’t bad enough–

          ‘   he  wasn’t  that  good  of  a  teacher.   ‘    there  is  a  bright  laugh  upon  her  lips,   a  clear  indicator  that  her  words  are  FALSE    (   biased  as  she  is,   she’d  say  that  there  are  very  few  things  that  aang  wasn’t  good  at   ).    indeed,   he  has  always  managed  to  impress  her,   just  as  kya  does.   ‘   i  tried  to  make  one  with  water,   but  it  didn’t  go  as  well.   not  nearly  as  stable.   ‘   she  pauses,   brushing  kya’s  hair  from  her  face,   playing  with  her  hair  to  help  the  little  one  relax.   ‘   i  could  make  YOU  an  air  scooter,   but  you  have  to  be  careful.   ‘

     despite joining in on bumi’s teasing from time to time,   kya has always been a constant in his life.  tenzin is sure that if he’d reach out,   she’s immediately leave the south pole to join his side.   she already has.   without his siblings,   tenzin is nearly certain that the red lotus would have destroyed the newly - blossomed air nation.   just the thought of it makes him smile   ;   he’s incredibly grateful for all she’s done.

     ❛   i am relieved to know you are alive.   there is no one else i’d rather be stuck to.   ❜   he has more recently learned about the power of family through ikki,   and just how much he should appreciate his relationship with his siblings.   ❛   i will always be in your debt,   kya.   you saved our culture.   ❜

  even if their childhood felt full of struggles and tension , kya finds comfort in remembering the good. as annoying as her brothers can be , she never feels unsafe or truly judged for who she is. tenzin , quiet and calculated , always helped ease some of kya’s worries without even trying. 

@puiruk·   gets  some  angst.

    after  losing  her  bending  ,  lin  left  the  city  in  her  lieutenant’s  capable hands  and  went  in  search of  kya  with  a  blind  hope  that  just  maybe  she’d  be  able  to  heal  this  fissure in  her  soul  ,  that  she  could  restore  lin’s  bending.  it  didn’t  take  her  long  to  track  down  the  waterbender’s  whereabouts ,  a  few  days  later  she  was  at  the  woman’s  door  ,  wearing a  dark  coat  and  knocking softly.  hoping  that  the  illuminated windows  and  soft  smell  of  candles  meant  that  the  healer  was  home.    ❛      ――   kya  ?        ❜ 

       kya was afraid. after learning about the activity and extremity in republic city , she left the southern water tribe and started on her way back to air temple island ---- only to find herself hidden away in a cottage built up in the mountains surrounding the city. she feared getting caught ; what could she do for tenzin and her family if she did get caught ? would they take her bending ? kill her --- ? it wasn’t until a faint vibration in the air that kya was alerted of another presence , slowly walking towards the door and opening. she blinked.