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Airbenders are pretty thoroughly repopulated now, but they're still minorities anywhere but the handful of enclaves that have retaken the open temples or integrated into the populations that have woven into them. Beila doesn't live in one of those enclaves. She lives in Republic City. Benders are a minority, airbenders more so. She's the only one in her class. It could still be a coincidence that she's supposed to do her history project on Avatar Aang, her some-number-of-greats grandfather, and not casual stereotyping. Whatever. Her partner's not a bender at all unless he's very quiet about it, he's just a random cute boy who sits to her left. Dao, that's his name.
"Hey," she says. "When's good for you to meet up and work on this thing?"
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roc_on
roc_on
"All right. I totally invented apples," says Beila, nodding importantly. "Also, I domesticated them, picked the specific specimens involved in that juice, juiced them, invented cups, made that one by hand, and then slushed you a slush."
roc_on
"So accomplished! My interviews should all be about apples and plastic from now on."
roc_on
"But augh, I didn't want to talk about the media. Bleah. Okay, what else do you do besides carving and school? What do you like, in school?"
roc_on
"Ooh, you can help me with my bridge across the ocean," Beila says, grinning.
roc_on
"I'm a little concerned people are going to think that, like, being Avatar's an excuse to neglect my education, but it's really just going to be concentrating on - and there I go with forbidden topics again, wow, I'm going to turn into a boring one-note conversationalist if I do not curb this habit immediately, let's, I don't know, let's go see a movie and then we can talk about the movie?"
thinklikethis
"Stop that," he says, attempting not very successfully to address his own face.
roc_on
"Why would you do that? It's cute," laughs Beila. "Even if I don't know why it's happening."
thinklikethis
He covers his face with both hands and repeats, "Maybe it's because I wanna date you!"
roc_on
"Is why you're blushing?"
Beila takes a moment to process this. She sips her lemon slush.
"Okay, it's a date," she says. "Movie and talking-about-movie."
Beila takes a moment to process this. She sips her lemon slush.
"Okay, it's a date," she says. "Movie and talking-about-movie."
thinklikethis
"I just - I'm surprised! That is a good surprise," he says. "That is the best surprise. Let's go see a movie!"
roc_on
"Sure! I have - absolutely no idea what's playing! We will find out," she says, nodding. Also, she transfers her slush to the hand that is farther away from him so that the nearer hand will be available for holding, if he opts to take a hint.