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Characters: Korra, Finnick, Po, Bean, Dinah, Tony Stark (616), Amon, Sabriel, Jim Kirk, Damian, Toph, Lin, Jack Frost, Raimei, Enjolras, Kyle Rayner, Bruce Banner, Asbel, Aisha, Katniss, Iskierka, Richard, and OPEN (That means YOU.)
Date: Various dates throughout July when not conflicting with Korra’s time during the clueventure.
Location: Korra’s suite, Various locations
Situation: Fish, Training, Flying, and whatever else happens!
Warnings/Rating: Physical violence, PTSD, NPC death, blood, FEELS, maybe even some swearing.

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[The question was a firm reminder that she had never actually seen Damian in person until just now, so of course he had no idea what kind of person she was aside from some seventeen year old girl on the network. Not one to be intimidated, Korra met his stare with her own vivid sky blue eyes, and after a long pause she just quietly says.]

Asami would have trusted me.

[Practically turning the mug upside down, Korra finishes off the last bit of the hot cocoa.]

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[Eyeroll.]

I am not Asami. The number of people I trust is generally lower than what you can count on the fingers of one hand.

What have you down to deserve a place in such a number?

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I should hope not, she’s much prettier. [Said completely unapologetically and with a grin. That hint of sarcasm bled into her answer:]

I don’t know, I didn’t storm off when I got angry earlier? [A very typical thing she did that most of her instructors found frustrating.]

Have you ever tried making friends instead of just waiting for people to come to you? You have to be willing to reach out and not just expect someone else to do so.

[Korra took a drink from the glass of water, washing down the cocoa’s residue.]

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[Another eyeroll.]

Who said I wanted friends?

We were talking about people I trust. Burning down a hospital does not get you there.

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I never said wanted.

[But she implied it.]

Sure it does. You need to trust the people who you let guide and teach you, right?

[She shrugs.]

I trusted my first master and we were friends.

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Considering the number of my teachers who have at one point or another attempted--

[and sometimes gotten very close to succeeding]

-- to kill me, no, I would not say so.

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[As soon as Damian finishes that statement, Korra’s eyes widen and she just stares at him.]

I’m sorry, I didn’t know.

[It was now obvious to her that his training as an assassin was radically different from her sheltered training life back at the compound in the South Pole.]

…Does your dad or brother know about this? [Korra had never mention meeting Dick via text, but that was a question she felt needed to be asked. From what she had heard of Bruce and his help with not only foreigners, but his charities set up for the kedan, Korra was quite sure he was far too busy for something like this to have come up.]

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[Damian shrugged, and almost glared. He hadn't brought that up as calling sympathy, but to make a point.]

Neither - none of them have asked for specifics.

[Though the chances of Father, Grayson-at-home, Todd, or Drake not knowing were pretty slim. He didn't say that part.]

And it was not their doing. They were unaware of my existence at the time. You could try to exercise control by not blurting details about me to people.

But the point I was trying to show is that you can learn from anyone, if you decide they have knowledge you need. Knowledge and skill are not tainted by the person imparting them, not if you pay attention and separate personal opinion from the actual facts and abilities.

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Wow, poor Bruce. [That’s said with sincerity. Korra imagined what it would be like if she hadn’t told her father, Tonraq, about what happened to her in Republic City. About how she had been the target of Amon’s revolution and possibly even executed just as a display to inspire fear into other benders.] I won’t tell anyone. But you should trust your dad, I think he’d want to hear it from you. I know mine would have if it was me.

[Chewing over that statement in her mind, Korra finally nodded.] I think I’m getting it. As long as they’re willing to teach that anyway, I’m not sure I could just force someone to teach me if they didn’t want to.

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[... and again, Damian rolled his eyes, though it was less demonstrative, this time. A lot less demonstrative.]

Father is usually among the handful of people I do trust. If he is interested in what has happened, he will let me know.

[That was sufficiently neutral to preserve Bruce's public persona, wasn't it? Without making him sound like somebody he truly isn't?]

[The next part made Damian actually lean slightly back, in half-surprise. Then he considered options.]

There may be various people who can teach you control, as well as choosing when to employ force and how to withhold it... but it is possible that I can think of somebody who could make it less... temper-flaring to learn, than others.

I believe Dinah Lance may be reopening the dojo that one of the first foreigners here had set up almost a year ago. She will likely understand the problem well enough.

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[That doesn’t go unnoticed as Korra listens with her tilted. It’s not often she sees anything outside of Damian’s controlled aloofness and tone. However, the corners of her mouth do lift upwards slightly at his mention of trusting Bruce.]

Dinah? [Korra’s eyebrows shoot up and she pauses to let all of what he had just said about her to sink in.] Like blonde hair Dinah? [It was difficult to see Dinah aside from being the kind person Korra had perceived her as.]

Yeah, I know her. We’ve been training together at my suite, she knows all the bending forms.

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[Damian made a note of that - it would help him somewhat should Toph wish to continue blind practice - but otherwise nodded, calmly.]

Which means that you would merely be expanding on an already existing relationship.

I shall talk with her.

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That would be great! [Whether to train in the dojo or at Korra’s suite was something they could figure out later. Right now didn’t feel like the best time to go to an open place like that. Not just yet. After all, she had just barely left Jack’s suite to go to her own.]

I’d like you to introduce me to your father someday. [After a brief pause, she added:] And don’t worry, I won’t tell him anything you’ve told me.

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That will not be a problem, whenever it is convenient to him.

[He wasn't worried. In fact, that was a test.]

[Damian took another sip from his water, then he stood up to leave. Two steps away, he turned to toss over his shoulder (upright, he was still only a little taller than a near-adult sitting down).]

And, yes. I do know Jack Frost.

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[A small laugh hit Korra’s closed smile and reverberated within her throat. She had assumed Damian didn’t even care to mention Jack or that something untoward had happened, but the fact that he had brought it up when Korra had been willing to drop the subject was what made her happy. She sat for a few more moments before she got up herself to go back to her suite, unable to wipe the smile off.]