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[That does give him means to relax, a little. Korra is powerful, he knows that much- she's got this, even if he doesn't. ]

Okay. Uh... here we go, I guess.

[He puts his hand on the table and concentrates. He knows this power is slightly different to when he was accessing his fire powers. It's not white-hot anger here, it's something slower, creeping. He closes his eyes, lets out a sharp exhale, and a sheet of ice forms out from under his hand, quickly covering the table, icicles forming at the edges as if it had been in the tundra for weeks, not seconds.

He opens his eyes, frowning at it. ]

So yeah. That's... that's it.

[She leans in, watching it carefully, frowning.]

It's smooth, that's for sure. Like glass.

[She held her hand over it, sliding it gently across, liquidizing parts of it again, raising it up in a ball of liquid, which she peers at, closely.]

But you can't do anything with actual liquid water?

Is that a good thing? Being smooth?

[He watches her do her thing, eyebrows raised in wonder- he's watched Mako and Bolin bend now and it never stops being amazing to see. It never feels or looks like magic- it looks more natural to them. Like breathing. ]

I don't think so? I mean- I can try? What do I need to do?

Means something, I know that much.

[She thinks of how to explain it.] Water, ice - bending them, using them...they reflect the person doing it, their state of mind. Smooth is harder, sort of...there's a grace that calms with calm, with intelligence? It's hard to put in words.

No, no, it's ok - it just means we know it isn't bending, as people like me or Mako know it, at least.

[She looks over at him.]

So is...this...ice based, too?

Huh, I hade no idea - I'll...I'll take it. About time I had something marginally good with all these powers.

[Because oh boy is he having difficulties marrying himself with his powers, even months after getting here. At her question, he shakes his head.]

Nah this is...something else. It was just...coincidence that my ice powers showed up at the same time.

[She nods.]

Like, firebenders. Each one is different, and it has a lot to do with their personality and state of mind. But ice is subtle, too. People just look and are all 'oh, hey, it's just ice' but...it's not. The best waterbenders? Can make ice as clear as glass, or make walls so thick it can repel invasions.

So...you're gonna have to experiment with it. Outdoors, for preference. Keep a journal, maybe? Record your mood or thoughts and then the outcome.

I mean, your powers could just be completely different, but who knows!

Oh wow, that's...pretty impressive. So it can be used as a good defensive tool? Also...offensive, I guess. If you made it spikey?

[He's doing his best to get his head around all of this. It's a crazy new world. ]

That's...actually a really good idea! I can keep a log of everything, then I'll be able to determine what works best and how my powerset fits with...well, everything.

[Korra you gave him a science experiment to do, this will make his experience with his new powers so much better. ]

Oh, yeah, no problems there.

[She steps back, sliding into a stance, and with a raised arm the water jumps, forming into a sheet of ice in front of her. Then she steps into it, and it melts and then refreezes again, forming around her arm into a solid spike. Then, back again and it's a simple ball of water, held between her hands.]

There's even secret healing techniques to it, if you're Southern Water Tribe like me. Most don't know them. I was lucky, though. I learned my waterbending from the greatest waterbender in history.

But yeah, best way for you, I think. I'm more of a learn-by-doing sort, but - gotta recognize strengths, right?

[He steps back to watch her, expression rapt as he tries to take it all in, to understand how this all worked. It's pretty impressive to see what she can do- how she shapes the water like it's putty in her hands.]

Wow, really? How does that work? The healing, I mean- I guess water is a pretty big cornerstone of health so that probably helps...

[He nods in agreement.]

Oh definitely, I do way better if I can work everything out first. Scientific mind and...all that.

Honestly? Nobody exactly knows - but the thinking is that you can use it as a catalyst to redirect energy to where it needs to be, to accelerate healing.

A lot depends on the quality of the water, too - and it doesn't do much for internal injuries or illnesses.

Huh, I guess that makes some sort of sense. Your bending is a lot about moving energy, right? It tracks that you can shift it in other people to accelerate the healing process.

But that's really good all the same- probably something that comes in handy in your world- given how much unrest there is there.

[Don't you guys ever get chance to catch a breather? Wow. ]

[That's definitely the case - there's...there's a lot of it. She nodded, with a sigh.]

Yeah. At least the stakes here are less 'save the whole world,' but still.

I want to see about using it against corruption, but...that's not something you can try if you're not sure it won't...you know.

Backfire.

That's true. At least we know, largely, nothing here will really shape the world too much. Fewer concerns about hostile takeovers, too.

[He glances down at his rocky hands, nodding.]

Yeah, I um- it's definitely something you want to be sure at first. Don't want to make it worse.

[She nods]

I mean, I want to try at some point. I think I have to try. But it would need to be a volunteer.

Hah, well, if I get to the point where I'm desperate, I might call you up on that one.

[Except Fern will go and get himself killed like an idiot and whack him into full beast mode, so he'll never get the chance, but STILL.]

I think you're right. It's...important to try.

[She nodded, with a sigh.]

Yeah. I'll have to ask for volunteers. When I've thought it through. When I'm ready.

[He offers her a little smile. ]

Cool, let me know how it goes when you're ready. I...that's definitely something we need to keep on top of, I agree.

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[She nods.]

Ok. So tell me more. How the powers started, what they've done. Leave out no detail.

Okay. Um- they started this morning? The- the ice ones anyway, the fire ones have been here since I got here. Something weird had happened to Fern and it freaked me out? Like...I don't know, he was all candy? I think it was the shock of that which brought the ice powers out.

[He grimaces at his hands.]

The uh...corruption has been on and off since September. Things got pretty stressful and my skin changed.

[She nodded, thinking.]

Tell me more about the corruption? How it happened?

[Now that's a much more tricky subject, and Varian shifts uneasily.]

I guess that's been happening on and off since we got here? Last time it started to get bad, Maul got me to sleep and it solved the problem. But...I don't know if I went too far for that this time or if we have to mix up remedies a little for effectiveness. But it's been this bad for about a month and a half now.

[She frowns.]

Like...stable, or...?

I...guess it's stable...ish.

[That is a bare-faced lie and he knows it. ]

I keep...seeing things, I guess? Like- hallucinations? But I think I have a handle on them now.

[He does not have a handle on them at all.]

[And she's fairly certain they're lies, but what can she do about them? Varian has his own network of support and hasn't so far trusted her with those deeper, inner workings.]

[But she wouldn't be her if she didn't try.]

You sure? It's hard to get a handle on things that aren't there.

[She might find comfort in the fact he hasn't relied on his network either.

...Probably not, though, because it means he's pushing away all his support. ]

I mean...I guess? But I uh- I think I just have to work on ignoring them. I know they're not real. They'll...probably go away eventually, right?

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