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[incandescentfaith]

I've heard of people eating it, but only in rural areas. Possums are scavengers from what I know.

And that is interesting. A whole secondary family...wow.

Did you have a big family growing up?

[arclightning]

No. I didn't. It was just me and Bolin for a long time. Our parents were killed when we were kids.

That's another thing about my world: there were a lot of kids like us. Republic City was the first place in the world where people from all the different nations lived together. It's pretty chaotic.

[incandescentfaith]

I am sorry to hear that.

And, I'm sorry to hear about your world's situation. Has it not been unified for very long?

[arclightning]

Okay. Tell me why you've been waiting to die for years.

[owllady]

let's just say that life has it out for me.

living while the living's good, but it's gonna end, sooner than later.

[arclightning]

[ Rei can't see it but Mako snorts aloud, ducking his head at the very thought of it. He'll leave the family stuff behind. It's not conversation for a light night of learning about his world. ]

Definitely not. Unity is a new thing for us as far as history goes. Before Republic City, there was the Hundred Year War, and before that there was even more fighting. The different nations have always been separate. Families like mine weren't very common, with two different benders. And there's still been war during our time. Korra's helped stop three of them.

[arclightning]

I... know that feeling. Actually.

At least you really did come back. Let me know if you need anything. Soup, or something.

[incandescentfaith]

War does find us all. Korra mentioned them a little bit. Though I didn't ask the root causes.

Is it all nationalism, then?

[owllady]

why is everyone offering soup

is that a human thing

[arendelicious]

i sure hope so
i know it's safe for reindeers

[ Or at least Sven has never gotten sick on it, but that doesn't... mean a lot. Sven's a strange beast. ]

i'm glad you like them

[arclightning]

The recent ones, only one of them was nationalism, and if you ask me it was just a power grab disguised as nationalism. Maybe Kuvira thought she was helping, and maybe she really did think she was making a difference, but she was also a wannbe military dictator who liked having power over people. She tried to turn the Earth Kingdom into the Earth Empire, and almost conquered the United Republic.

Every war's about power, in the end. That's just how humans work. Either you have power or you don't, and a lot of people without it really want it.

[incandescentfaith]

I suppose that's true. Power is why people fought in my world too. Only, it isn't just humans.

Gods and goddesses want power too. Control, all of that. It's the same even for my friends and I, even if all we want to do is have the power to defend.

It's a shame.

[arclightning]

It's the most helpful food for sick people. I guess you could say caring about sick people is a human thing.

You don't have to take the soup.

[owllady]

...

i'll take the soup

[arclightning]

Why is it a shame? It's just the way things are. At least you're aware of it. Better than pretending the world is a more noble place where people should be above things like that. I respect someone who admits that they want power and knows why a lot more than someone pretending to do things for some nonexistent greater good.

[arclightning]

That's what I thought.

[arclightning]

Naga's eaten worse and been fine but she did steal the entire plate and I don't think she feels bad about it, so we'll see.

I liked the one I got to try before I was swarmed by Naga, Korra, Bolin, and Pabu.

[incandescentfaith]

Because the world should be better. People like me shouldn't need to exist, because the world could be better. Even if it doesn't, and isn't possible, that doesn't mean I don't wish that it were.

Sorry. I just wish people were better, I guess.

[arclightning]

You can wish it all you want. I think wishing it is worthwhile if it reminds you to keep moving toward the world you want. It's just the thinking that people are better and getting disappointed when they aren't that gets people hurt.

[incandescentfaith]

It's a wish that I will keep wishing for. But you're right. Wishes don't change the reality of the situation. I agree with you completely

and I am entirely too tipsy to handle a serious philosophical conversation.

So, why don't you tell me about your favorite food? Non-sequitur I know but, again. Hard to focus on heavy things.

[arclightning]

[ Mako's not really one to get into philosophical debates and yet it keeps happening here. Maybe it's something about Deerington making him contemplate the nature of existence.

But yeah, he'll take that. ]

I get it. And I also don't have an easy answer. The best food is stir-fry, because you can make anything terrible taste good with the right sauce and it's cheap.

If you're not being practical I like nut cakes. The little ones filled with nuts and sugar and fried.

[incandescentfaith]

oh! Those aren't too hard to make. I can probably cook some of those up at some point.

Or something similar at least. You should share recipes with me, if you have any? Korra told me you do most of the cooking.

[arclightning]

I've never actually managed to make them before. Do you have a recipe?

I have a lot. I did at home, anyway. I mostly cook without them but I could write a few down.

Also that's an understatement, I do all of the cooking, Korra isn't allowed near a stove unsupervised.

[incandescentfaith]

I have one for something similar. Churros. Fried cakes with sugar and a few other things that can be added. A friend I made here showed me how to make them.

I'd like that.

And I'm sorry. I have friends like that too.

[arendelicious]

next time i'll have to make sure i put it in an inconspicuous box you can hide