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[cowled]

Characters: Bruce Wayne and open
Date: During the mis-spell event!
Location: Lots of places in Keeliai.
Situation: Bruce Wayne is an octogenarian. This ends about as well as you can expect.
Warnings/Rating: Warning for talk of heart issues, so if this bothers or triggers you lmk and I'll avoid it in any threads we do.

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[A tiny wince at that, even if it wasn’t said with any serious intent. Honestly, she can’t blame Bruce for making the light hearted comment. If she ended up that much older instead of being some kind of super person, Korra would probably make the joke too.]

Me? [That had been the first time anyone asked her that and it takes a moment for her surprise at the question to subside.

While her family is a comfort, her parents weren’t the ones she turned to when things came down to the wire. Tenzin was her stick-in-the-mud mentor and his advice and training had helped her, but he wasn’t her fall back.

She gave a shrug and answered simply:] …me.

[cowled]

[Well, that's one thing she has in common with Batman. Bruce's brows draw briefly down.]

If you don't mind my saying so, that seems like an awfully lonely way to live.

[Shh personal insights shh.]

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[Giving a smile that was half apologetic and half what-are-you-going-do, Korra pushes her shoulders inwards in an awkward shrug.]

It’s how a lot of the past Avatars had to live. [Sure they had friends and teachers, but the Avatar was the what the people of the world relied on. It was unfair for the Avatar to do so to them, wasn’t it?]

But if it keeps people safe and maintains balance in the world, then it’s all okay.

[A beat.]

When I get my bending back anyway. [She’s still getting used to Super Korra.]

[cowled]

I was wondering why you were a little faster than normal.

[He says that with perfect congeniality, as if he was simply commenting on a haircut she'd gotten or a new pair of shoes.]

I thought maybe it was just my age!

[Ha, ha, ha...]

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[And this is why she likes Bruce, he’s so genial and amiable.]

My airbending isn’t that good. [She says it with a half smirk.]

But hey, you look good for your age. At least you didn’t get stuck as a four year old, right? [Because that would be a nightmare.]

But yeah, I think I got some superhero’s powers. Strength, flying, and speed. Which narrows it down to most of them. [Right now, Korra’s mainly thinking somehow she and Kara ended up switching abilities.]

[cowled]

[He chuckles.]

I don't know, I haven't paid that much attention to the superheroes. There always seems to be so many of them, it's a little daunting. Have you discovered anything else you can do?

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Yeah, it is. [Daunting is the best way to put. She thought she had big shoes to fill before she got here.]

Oh yeah! Hang on a second. [That question just brightens her day up and she hovers above the ground. She’s gone, a blue blur fading is all that’s left.

For about four seconds anyway.

Then she’s flying back holding an ice cold water bottle in one hand and an ornate rickshaw, yes: one (1) cart, in the other.]

Here you go. [She holds out the water and lowers the rickshaw to the ground.] And I rented this for you.

[Since Bruce doesn’t want to walk, and she can hardly blame him considering his current age, Korra’s opted to cart him wherever he wants to go.] Hop in and tell me where to.