Tenzin (
spiralmovements) wrote2013-03-19 09:42 pm
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Tenzin-Aang, set IDK.
It just wasn't fair.
Tenzin is silent - even more so than usual, which is a hard thing to manage, since whenever he is in his training robes he is always more somber than other boys his age. But as soon as he decided to look down at the floor, he bolts through a window.
Katara bends down and picks up the newly-shorn wolf tail and breathes heavily.
"Don't even think about chasing him, Aang. He wouldn't listen to anybody right now."
Not that his mother blames him - even with one foot in two worlds, he just gave up a piece of his Water Tribe self.
No, she thinks. We made that decision for him.
"Can you tell where he is?"
Tenzin is silent - even more so than usual, which is a hard thing to manage, since whenever he is in his training robes he is always more somber than other boys his age. But as soon as he decided to look down at the floor, he bolts through a window.
Katara bends down and picks up the newly-shorn wolf tail and breathes heavily.
"Don't even think about chasing him, Aang. He wouldn't listen to anybody right now."
Not that his mother blames him - even with one foot in two worlds, he just gave up a piece of his Water Tribe self.
No, she thinks. We made that decision for him.
"Can you tell where he is?"
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An idea comes to him, and he leans over and gives Tenzin a soft shoulder bump.
"You know what we should do? Time how long it takes you to get there today. Then every few weeks take another time, and then we'll have an accurate measure of how much progress you're making."
Not only that? But maybe, just maybe, it'll be a way for Tenzin to measure his own improvement without comparing himself to his father.
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"Momo, you have wings! If you want to come, fly by yourself."
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Someone, Momo is not naming names, promised him foodstuff in exchange for his participation in today's reconciliation.
"He can fly with me," Aang adds after a beat. "He's old."
Worst cover explanation ever.
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"Base or head?"
It makes a difference. Crosswinds and all - it gets choppy over the bay in the afternoons.
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"Head there, and we'll leave from the base. So that's two starting points. And that way if it's too windy, we can just jump down and eat our snack on the sanctuary. Sound good?"
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His time today isn't all that impressive, in full-grown Airbender standards.
When father and son land, Tenzin has windblown cheeks and a light smile on his face. This and the plums they pick make today more of a success than it could have been, and Katara makes dinner for Bumi and Kya with a smile on her face.