[ his voice softens. it's makoto, who worries about the stray cats on his street. he hadn't meant to question rin's capabilities, hadn't meant to dig the truth of his lack of utility value into a wound. he's fine. they're all fine. zack and korra and all the others took care of it.
and then makoto continues, and the frustration rears its head again.
the silence on his end is a living thing. it breathes. its heart beats a rhythm between rin's ears. haru, he thinks, and wonders if the hours spent within the pages of a textbook have set makoto wrong, maybe it's the hours spent alone on another world alone with the knowledge that their home is gone. he's never had the best memory, has he? it's a tiny thing. not worth losing hold of his temper.
rin breathes out, corralling his frustration before it can poison his tone. ]
Text me a list of names if you want me to look around for your friends. I don't think anyone has been seriously hurt, but -- just in case, I'll make that the priority.
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[ his voice softens. it's makoto, who worries about the stray cats on his street. he hadn't meant to question rin's capabilities, hadn't meant to dig the truth of his lack of utility value into a wound. he's fine. they're all fine. zack and korra and all the others took care of it.
and then makoto continues, and the frustration rears its head again.
the silence on his end is a living thing. it breathes. its heart beats a rhythm between rin's ears. haru, he thinks, and wonders if the hours spent within the pages of a textbook have set makoto wrong, maybe it's the hours spent alone on another world alone with the knowledge that their home is gone. he's never had the best memory, has he? it's a tiny thing. not worth losing hold of his temper.
rin breathes out, corralling his frustration before it can poison his tone. ]
Text me a list of names if you want me to look around for your friends. I don't think anyone has been seriously hurt, but -- just in case, I'll make that the priority.