Text; Don't judge.

[alphatar]

Hello evereaone. My name is Cora and I am seventean 17. Inglish is a lot more diffikalty than Chyneas. I am lurning it so bea paytient give mea tyme to mastur thea layngwuj. Numburs are easea at furst.

Thaync yu much. Avitar Cora.

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text; Mandarin

[andaway]

We have 'planes', which I'm guessing it's more or less the same idea. And yes, we do fly around a lot which is why I know a couple languages. I had to get around.

text; Mandarin

[alphatar]

Oh, right. I forgot they’re not called airships there. My neighbor Arthur said he was on a plane before arriving here on Tu Vishan.

It’s so weird to think there were so many language on one planet. Back home everyone pretty much just spoke the one.

Can I ask how long you two have been married?

text; Mandarin

[andaway]

We do have something called airship, but we usually call it zeppelin and it's not used to transport a lot of people.

[A couple seconds later, Korra will get a very basic drawing of one over the network. Clark is more a writer than a visual artist but it's still clear.]

That's more or less it.

And we have been married for more than 15 years. And if it's up to me it will last at least 15 more.

text; Mandarin

[alphatar]

[Korra peers at the drawing.] There's no propellers? How does it stay in the air? [Picturing the wings flapping seemed ridiculously impossible.]

Oh wow, do you have any kids?

text; Mandarin

[andaway]

It's complicated, but basically hot air weights less than cold air so it stays afloat.

...No, we haven't. We're just- we're busy people, it wouldn't be fair to the kids. We did have... an adopted kid for a while, once. But his- his biological parents eventually claimed him back.

text; Mandarin

[alphatar]

So it works kind of like a hot air balloon?

Oh, sorry. But at least you guys have each other, right?

text; Mandarin

[andaway]

More or less, if you're interested to know how it works I can ask a friend of mine to explain it.

We do, and I consider myself lucky for that.

text; Mandarin

[alphatar]

Oh no, that’s okay. I’ve got a friend who could probably tell me all about it and make one just because he could. [At least going from her first encounter with Leo Valdez.]

So I can just turn on a radio and listen to your station then?

text; Mandarin

[andaway]

As soon as we get it on air, you can.

text; Mandarin

[alphatar]

I’ll be the first official listener then. [She’ll be waiting for a shout out.] Will you be playing music too?

text; Mandarin

[andaway]

We'll try, but it'd be Kedan music, at the most.