"I wasn't thinking," he admits, still shaking from all of the ambient cold. He tucks his knees against his chest for a minute, before the ice starts crackling and snapping more and more often, and louder, making it obvious it won't hold much longer. Like Korra's good mood, it's crumbling.
Standing, he trails miserably after her, arms gripping at his shoulders to try to calm the shivers away. He's more acutely aware of the scrape of clawed feet against the surface of the ice now than before, when he'd just ... been being Naruto.
"Everyone in the village has known what I was capable of practically since I was born. Actually, it's a relief to them, to know I can use those powers at will now and not just when I lost it. All the people I've known have always known exactly what I was. I'm not great at forethought, so it never even occurred to me to ... sit you down and explain all this jinchuuriki stuff to you like we're in class or something. Korra, please. I didn't scare you on purpose or anything, I just got caught up in the game. I really like you. So I just ... want to know how to make up for screwing up like that to you."
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Date: 2013-12-05 02:54 am (UTC)Standing, he trails miserably after her, arms gripping at his shoulders to try to calm the shivers away. He's more acutely aware of the scrape of clawed feet against the surface of the ice now than before, when he'd just ... been being Naruto.
"Everyone in the village has known what I was capable of practically since I was born. Actually, it's a relief to them, to know I can use those powers at will now and not just when I lost it. All the people I've known have always known exactly what I was. I'm not great at forethought, so it never even occurred to me to ... sit you down and explain all this jinchuuriki stuff to you like we're in class or something. Korra, please. I didn't scare you on purpose or anything, I just got caught up in the game. I really like you. So I just ... want to know how to make up for screwing up like that to you."