( he's already snapped at bolin once. he's not about to do it again. he just ruffles his hair, fluffing the scarf up higher on his shoulders to keep the warmth in. he knows it hurts bolin to see him run himself ragged, at least when he pays enough attention to be aware of it. and it's. what they do. they're brothers. they look out for each other, and always will.
he can't get mad about that. even if it frustrates him, a little. )
I will. One of these days, we're going to go on a vacation. Just the two of us. How about Ember Island? You can learn how to sandbend on the beach. Maybe I'll get a real tan. And there'll be cute girls for you to chase...
( it seems like an impossibility. even if he can get a factory job, he still won't make enough money to do more than cover rent. and it's not like he and bolin have enough schooling to... do anything but move laterally in poverty. they won't ever go up. mako's cynical, but. he's a cynical realist. people like them don't make it in republic city. the best they can do is just survive.
but.
ember island.
he's seen pictures of it. postcards. and it looks like somewhere he'd like to go. warm, relaxed, full of things to do that aren't just scrabble in the dirt and spend most of your time starving. he saves a little money, here and there, though it always gets spent later when they need it. but he keeps telling himself one day he'll have enough stockpiled that they can go. even if they have to stow away on a ship, or maybe they can work for their passage across the ocean, or. something. anything. and maybe he wants to see the fire nation up close. their mom was an immigrant, after all. he'd like to see where she was born.
dad too. but. he's heard too many horror stories of ba sing se to ever want to take bolin there. at least the fire nation has lord zuko, and fire lord izumi. they seem decent enough, for rich people. )
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he can't get mad about that. even if it frustrates him, a little. )
I will. One of these days, we're going to go on a vacation. Just the two of us. How about Ember Island? You can learn how to sandbend on the beach. Maybe I'll get a real tan. And there'll be cute girls for you to chase...
( it seems like an impossibility. even if he can get a factory job, he still won't make enough money to do more than cover rent. and it's not like he and bolin have enough schooling to... do anything but move laterally in poverty. they won't ever go up. mako's cynical, but. he's a cynical realist. people like them don't make it in republic city. the best they can do is just survive.
but.
ember island.
he's seen pictures of it. postcards. and it looks like somewhere he'd like to go. warm, relaxed, full of things to do that aren't just scrabble in the dirt and spend most of your time starving. he saves a little money, here and there, though it always gets spent later when they need it. but he keeps telling himself one day he'll have enough stockpiled that they can go. even if they have to stow away on a ship, or maybe they can work for their passage across the ocean, or. something. anything. and maybe he wants to see the fire nation up close. their mom was an immigrant, after all. he'd like to see where she was born.
dad too. but. he's heard too many horror stories of ba sing se to ever want to take bolin there. at least the fire nation has lord zuko, and fire lord izumi. they seem decent enough, for rich people. )