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[alphatar]

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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[alphatar]

Whoa. [When Korra got to the refrigerator door, she stopped after opening it and leaned on it to look over at Bean.]

For emergencies I hope. So can it kill anyone, or does just kind of knock them out? [With any of the airbending kids, Korra would have just asked how dangerous it was, letting them tell her how much they knew about the possibility of death. Bean was a different case, Korra could speak to him practically as an adult.]

[justlittle]

To be honest, [And he sees no reason not to be honest with Korra,] I've only ever tried it against a brick wall. It took a good chunk out of the wall, though.

[alphatar]

[Chewing on that bit of information, Korra tossed Bean a water bottle and one the two of the dumplings from within the refrigerator before closing the door.]

Well, if all else fails, that’s the next best thing to use. Sounds a lot better than a sword. I’d offer to help teach you how to aim, but really, I’ve never really handled a weapon. [Survival knives didn’t count for her.]

Unless they taught you that back on your world? [At this point, Korra wasn’t sure there were any limits on what Bean had been instructed on.]

[justlittle]

We're not much good with a weapon we can't aim. [Meaning yes, he knows how. He's actually quite good with hand eye coordination, which he demonstrates as he catches the bottle in one hand and the dumpling in the other.]

[alphatar]

[Her eyebrows raised.] Guess so. What do they need the weapons for anyway? War? Because I’m going to be honest, teaching someone your age how to use that isn’t normal back home.

[justlittle]

The world was at war, yes. With an alien species known as the Formics, or the Buggers. Children were selected for a special school, to learn how to fight, how to command armies, so that we could win the war.

[He looks away.] We did win. Eventually, and at great cost.

[alphatar]

That’s- awful.

[Just thinking about using children to wage war in that fashion… Ikki was only seven and just picturing any of her master’s children being forced to-]

…I’m sorry no one was there to stand up for you.

[That is exactly what she would have done. Not only because it’s what the Avatar’s supposed to do, but because Korra had grown fond of Bean. Nothing like that is what she pictured his world was like.]

Don’t think you have to do that here. I can fight for you. It’s what I’ve been trained to do.

[justlittle]

To fight for small defenseless children? [Bean says it as a joke, but then he turns serious.]

I appreciate the offer, but then, doesn't that defeat the point of our lessons?

[alphatar]

[It wasn’t often Bean showed that side, but it never failed to make her grin.]

When I say protect everyone, I do mean everyone. [But she saw now how her words come across, she wasn’t specific.]

I mean fighting the spirit, or essence, that was hurting Asti before. Some of the others said it’ll come back some day. When it does, I’ll do your share. The self-defense lessons are so you can go around the city when you want, not when someone else has time to go with you.

[Or in case that gun ever got broken, stolen, or left at home. But that didn’t need to be said.]

[justlittle]

I never had any intention of fighting the essence head on. [He was always better suited to command, anyway. He would come up with the strategies, then Rayner or someone like him, someone who trusted Bean enough to listen to him, but was old enough to be listened to by others, would carry them out. This is why Bean was commissioning robots from Leo, to see if they would be any good fighting Malicant. He'd thought it through a lot.]

But you, you would?

[alphatar]

[A huge sigh of relief was let when she heard that. Just thinking about having the younger residents taking up arms had been worrisome to her.]

Heck yeah I would. I don’t think my spiritual side can help me in this, or ever really, but I’m definitely going to bend every single element at that monster’s face until it goes down.

[She drank from her water bottle.] If that thing wants to go after Asti again, it’s going to have to deal with one ticked off Avatar.

[justlittle]

Well. I hope there's some way I can help. Maybe not on the front lines, but somehow. [It's not in his nature to stand down when there's a war on.]

[alphatar]

You’re probably the smartest person I know, and I’m not just saying that. You’ll think of something. If you come across anything that you think I could help in, let me know. I’m just down the block.