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Do people regularly disappear round here? [Eddie is just going to be fishing for information here, don't mind him, Amon.]

[ That's only a little obvious, but who can blame you? ]

Not with any predictable pattern, but -- yes. Quickly and as mysteriously as they came.

Well that's comfortin' to know. Damn it.

My sincerest apologies if you were expecting good news.

[Clark pushes his glasses up when the video comes on, not sure how to feel about this message. It's not that he's wrong per se, and he's felt like that ever since Kara vanished (before the new one appeared).

But still...]

Sorry, what was your suggestion about what we should do otherwise? Because I don't think I heard it.

It's not that I expect us to pull answers out of thing air, but I would be lying if I said I didn't find the resigned glibness that plagues our numbers disquieting.

We are many and varied; the only conclusions we've reached is that we don't know when the next person comes. Or goes.

Again I ask what you'd have us do instead, then. We ask as many questions to the Emperor as we can, plenty of us have tried to find a way out only to find themselves pass out and fall into the water again.

It's frustrating, yes- but acting like trying to actually live in this place while we must stay in here is simply unfair.

At no point have I alleged that I had an alternative. Whether or not we get off out this place is academic when we have so little to go on. My concern was that the disinterest in our fate has started to become common place.

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I was never content being here, even before I lost someone. Some people just chose to make a life here until we find a way home.

It's not so bad, and it's their choice really.

Personally, I just want to get home and away from here. It's...comfortable in a sense, but not what I know.

[There's a pause.]

I'm sorry that your princess isn't here. If you'd like I can try and help looking for her?

Spare me your sympathies; they would be better spent on the departed.

[ I-it's not like he cares! ]

The one in question is not returning to her old life, or life at all. Depending on your own personal dogma, anwway.

Wow, sorry. Just thought I'd say something because I know how much it sucks.

[Aw Amon ;.;]

Oh. You know what happens to her?

You've sought out the wrong person to identify with.

And yes, I do. [ But you didn't ask 'what'/ ]

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I'm hardly one to just stand around and be content with any situation I'm thrown into, but this particular time I have reason to believe that even if I were to escape I may not have anything worth returning to.

[Nope, he's still not holding back on the emotional punches.]

Yet you still find it worth your time to talk to me.

[ Which let's be honest was a miracle all on it's own. Obvious vitriol aside. ]

My time is not as precious as it once was, I'm afraid.

And there was one thing I wanted to ask you.

Our current situation is through no fault of my own, but I can tell you didn't come on here just to argue.

What is it?

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People don't simply vanish.

You must be new.

I am, but that does not change the law of things. People may go from one place to another -- our arrivals here prove that -- but they do not simply cease being in any place.

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[She doesn't turn on the audio feed for a long time, hand over her mouth to muffle the sharp indrawn gasp, regardless of whether anyone could hear it or not. Losing Sokka was hard enough, but Yue... Asami had spent several months training with the girl, trying to help her and now--

She sits at her desk, buries her face in her hands, but doesn't cry. She can't wish that she never came here, she's met far too many amazing people to want to erase having ever done so, but... there are things about this place that she hates, and losing people is fast becoming the foremost one.

Living with the constant threat of who's next over her head just... isn't something she wants to deal with. Not after the war back home, being afraid for her friends. Losing their bending wasn't the same as dying but to many people it came close, and it was never easy to endure, sitting on the sidelines, knowing that she could never be affected like they were.

But here, everyone has the same vulnerabilities. Anyone could disappear, at any moment. And for what? At least... in Republic City, if Mako or Korra or Bolin had lost their bending permanently they would have done so knowing what they were fighting for and why. And maybe that would have been worth it. When there's no enemy to fight, how can you even begin to quantify what makes a loss 'worth it'?

And the Princess... she's going back to die, isn't she?

She told herself she wasn't going to cry, so after a moment she smudges her palms across her eyes and shakes her head. Her expression when she turns on the console is resolved, and her tone is steady.]

Thank you, Amon. For telling us.

[It rankles to thank him for anything after what he did-- after what he lied about, but... it seems the proper thing to do.]

[ Admittedly, Amon had never expected Asami to contact him after Tarrlok blew the whistle and let alone with such civility. She cleaved to convenance the same way her father had clung to his blinding need for revenge. In a way it made Asami identifiable as her father's daughter; their dedication to their own convictions just as strong despite being so wildly different.

This made it all the more easier for guilt to worm it's way in and take hold. There was no denying now that he had many regrets as of late, but this was one of the few that followed him here. ]

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I-- yes. It... did. It does. I'm sorry for your loss.

[She knows they got along, in their own way. A non-bending Princess would have been safe from him anyway.]

She's dead.

[ Said with the same lack of finality for, How about the weather we're having? ]

[There's just silence, for a moment. Then there's the distinct, harsh sound of a fist meeting a wall.

She didn't know Yue very well. But she was young, and she was sweet, and -

And it's not fair.]

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