Korra looked up at the stars for as long as she could. But the question made her remember the other life that was now living parallel next to hers in the back of her mind. The night sky was the one thing that she could look at back then. One of the things that she could endlessly look at while in the compound and not feel restrained while doing so.
"When I was four, the Order of the White Lotus found out I was the Avatar." It was the only time where her memories overlapped and she said it simply enough as she took small bite of her steamed bun.
"But I overheard my father and Tenzin and how they wanted me to stay locked in at the compound. Not to let me go anywhere else." In what had actually happened to her, Korra could at least go home and visit her family from time to time. "So I didn’t let my mom and dad visit me. Said it would distract me from becoming a fully realized Avatar."
Something she wasn’t proud of, even if it wasn’t technically her. Korra paused and took another drink.
"My first teacher is still Katara. She was the best teacher I ever had." Said sadly as Korra looked over at Mako. "The only one after she taught me everything she knew. She passed not too long after that." When exactly that happened, Korra didn’t say and she just continued on.
"Eventually I figured out a way to get out of the compound and I found Naga, right before they found me. I couldn’t keep her." Korra brought her knee up and put her arm atop it. "I watched them kill her."
After swallowing hard, she finished the rest of her bun.
"After I mastered Earth, I had my firebending test to see if I was a master of Fire. Katara wasn’t there to let me pass like she was back home. I had to stay at the compound until I mastered it completely." A pause before she spat out. "I hated it. I hated being there. So I did work on Fire and the restraint they wanted me to have on it. That’s why I got to the advanced level."
She rubbed her eyes with her hand and then let it rest over her nose and mouth.
"I was seventeen when Tenzin came to teach me airbending at the compound. But he said he couldn’t stay and that it might have been months, or longer, before he could instruct me."
Korra set her chin on her arm and glanced briefly at Mako, her voice quavering slightly.
"I’ve had enough. Breaking out was my only option and I took it. They trained me too well and I don’t know how many there were, but I know there wasn’t anyone left at the compound after I left for Republic City."
There was more, but that thought was hammering down on her trying to keep the memories from getting blurred, and the thought that she would have done something that extreme in another life was a thought that had been haunting her since Kithika.
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"When I was four, the Order of the White Lotus found out I was the Avatar." It was the only time where her memories overlapped and she said it simply enough as she took small bite of her steamed bun.
"But I overheard my father and Tenzin and how they wanted me to stay locked in at the compound. Not to let me go anywhere else." In what had actually happened to her, Korra could at least go home and visit her family from time to time. "So I didn’t let my mom and dad visit me. Said it would distract me from becoming a fully realized Avatar."
Something she wasn’t proud of, even if it wasn’t technically her. Korra paused and took another drink.
"My first teacher is still Katara. She was the best teacher I ever had." Said sadly as Korra looked over at Mako. "The only one after she taught me everything she knew. She passed not too long after that." When exactly that happened, Korra didn’t say and she just continued on.
"Eventually I figured out a way to get out of the compound and I found Naga, right before they found me. I couldn’t keep her." Korra brought her knee up and put her arm atop it. "I watched them kill her."
After swallowing hard, she finished the rest of her bun.
"After I mastered Earth, I had my firebending test to see if I was a master of Fire. Katara wasn’t there to let me pass like she was back home. I had to stay at the compound until I mastered it completely." A pause before she spat out. "I hated it. I hated being there. So I did work on Fire and the restraint they wanted me to have on it. That’s why I got to the advanced level."
She rubbed her eyes with her hand and then let it rest over her nose and mouth.
"I was seventeen when Tenzin came to teach me airbending at the compound. But he said he couldn’t stay and that it might have been months, or longer, before he could instruct me."
Korra set her chin on her arm and glanced briefly at Mako, her voice quavering slightly.
"I’ve had enough. Breaking out was my only option and I took it. They trained me too well and I don’t know how many there were, but I know there wasn’t anyone left at the compound after I left for Republic City."
There was more, but that thought was hammering down on her trying to keep the memories from getting blurred, and the thought that she would have done something that extreme in another life was a thought that had been haunting her since Kithika.