Mushroom soup doesn't sound bad, and I bet Korra would be happy to get rid of some of it. Good idea.
[He doesn't answer immediately because that's a loaded question. He'd asked Reyna that a short while ago and now she's gone. It's something he didn't consider for himself either.]
I think so. I'd be happier if we weren't freezing. Are you? [It's easier to turn the question around, at least.]
I've had a lot of happy times here. I'm closer to happy than I've been for a long time.
[ It's not a straightforward answer, but it's her honest answer. Her life has gone through so many changes lately that she's still sorting out what everything means. ]
It is a little funny that the outside is warmer than the inside. I don't mind it, but maybe that's because I was born in the winter.
[What is with these sad children? He doesn't answer immediately because it's a little bit of a depressing thought. He can't help but wonder what her life was like before coming to this place and that response itself...it makes him think of two kids from home who didn't exactly have a happy life and found themselves fighting for something better. Then again, at one point they were all fighting to deal with what was going on. It's not fair, really, but what does he know?]
I think I get it. Maybe it's the same for a few of us.
That would explain it though. My birthday's in August, but lately summers are spent outside at Camp. [Sort...of. Long story and all that, he'll spare her.] It gets pretty cold in the winter where I'm from, but usually the inside's warmer than outside.
That means your birthday's in the next month or something?
There's something to be said for fighting for happiness, too. It's not something I used to think I could do.
[ Hotaru had only begun to seek out happiness right before she had arrived to Iniidae, and it was through the influence of others and seeing how they'd support her that she began to see past her shroud of low self-worth. Being bolstered by her new friends made her think she could aspire for any semblance of a better life. ]
My birthday's in January. I'll be 13. You go to a summer camp?
I'm glad that's "used to." It means you can keep fighting for it, doesn't it? People deserve to be happy.
[People. And some monsters. And sometimes some gods? He wants to ask a little further but it's also not really his place to pry just yet.]
Thirteen's a pretty big age. We'll have to do something around the base for you to celebrate. But yeah! Yeah, it's kind of a special camp for people like me and Annabeth and friends of ours. Before I came here it was my fifth summer but we didn't spend most of the summer there anyway. [Which is a shame...he misses it, really.]
But it's not that important. Cookies. I'll meet you in the kitchen in a little while and we'll get started?
We don't have to do anything for my birthday. I'm fine as long as I'm around people I like.
[ Hotaru wants to ask more about his camp, but likewise, she doesn't feel its her place to ask more about it especially when he dismisses it by saying it's not that important. ]
Yes! I'll see you soon. I'll get all the ingredients.
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[He doesn't answer immediately because that's a loaded question. He'd asked Reyna that a short while ago and now she's gone. It's something he didn't consider for himself either.]
I think so. I'd be happier if we weren't freezing. Are you? [It's easier to turn the question around, at least.]
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[ It's not a straightforward answer, but it's her honest answer. Her life has gone through so many changes lately that she's still sorting out what everything means. ]
It is a little funny that the outside is warmer than the inside. I don't mind it, but maybe that's because I was born in the winter.
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I think I get it. Maybe it's the same for a few of us.
That would explain it though. My birthday's in August, but lately summers are spent outside at Camp. [Sort...of. Long story and all that, he'll spare her.] It gets pretty cold in the winter where I'm from, but usually the inside's warmer than outside.
That means your birthday's in the next month or something?
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[ Hotaru had only begun to seek out happiness right before she had arrived to Iniidae, and it was through the influence of others and seeing how they'd support her that she began to see past her shroud of low self-worth. Being bolstered by her new friends made her think she could aspire for any semblance of a better life. ]
My birthday's in January. I'll be 13. You go to a summer camp?
[ Is that why Camp is capitalized? ]
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[People. And some monsters. And sometimes some gods? He wants to ask a little further but it's also not really his place to pry just yet.]
Thirteen's a pretty big age. We'll have to do something around the base for you to celebrate. But yeah! Yeah, it's kind of a special camp for people like me and Annabeth and friends of ours. Before I came here it was my fifth summer but we didn't spend most of the summer there anyway. [Which is a shame...he misses it, really.]
But it's not that important. Cookies. I'll meet you in the kitchen in a little while and we'll get started?
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[ Hotaru wants to ask more about his camp, but likewise, she doesn't feel its her place to ask more about it especially when he dismisses it by saying it's not that important. ]
Yes! I'll see you soon. I'll get all the ingredients.