( he smiles at the joke. a part of him is sure there's a sideways jab there about airbenders in the hundred year war, because their temples were worse for wear, too, without anyone there to maintain them but. maybe that's just how it is. airbenders need something to tend to, and when they aren't around there's a disclosed chaos that fills the void. something could be said about the world, in that respect - growing messy and disconnected from the spiritual field without natural born air nomads to help maintain the balance, the way the other three do.

anyway, he's pretty sure mako didn't mean it like that, because for all mako knows, the harmonic convergence is what gave dick his airbending. it's better to let that stay, instead of ... explaining. his history, and the story with bruce, and why he lives far away instead of under the republic city's roof. )

Uh.

( likewise, he takes a seat, although it's on a diagonal beam that's sunken in, merging from the corner of the floor to the middle of the roof. he could worry about the weight, but dick is, in essence, weightless, so it doesn't so much as shudder under him. )

I mean. You reached for him too. ( he's trying not to answer the question head on, playing through words like skipping rope, ducking and jumping. ) If someone's about to die, and you have a way to save them, don't you think you should do it?