[but korra succeeds in holding her gaze for a moment. she does take a breath, and the vision starts to fade. she looks back towards the train tracks a final time, but it's out of a fleeting desperation that this, somehow, wasn't a trick - that meryl was really here.
when she doesn't see anyone, her eyes slide closed for a moment. this aches, but she doesn't want to let herself cry just yet. part of her also wants to scream, to find that creature and find a way to destroy it herself, maybe to be sick. it had taken her sister's form, and somehow, that's what makes her chest ache more than the fact that she was nearly killed.
when she opens her eyes, she stares at the ground for a few moments before she can find anything to say. she's managed to find some composure, but there's regret and sorrow written all over her face all the same.]
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[but korra succeeds in holding her gaze for a moment. she does take a breath, and the vision starts to fade. she looks back towards the train tracks a final time, but it's out of a fleeting desperation that this, somehow, wasn't a trick - that meryl was really here.
when she doesn't see anyone, her eyes slide closed for a moment. this aches, but she doesn't want to let herself cry just yet. part of her also wants to scream, to find that creature and find a way to destroy it herself, maybe to be sick. it had taken her sister's form, and somehow, that's what makes her chest ache more than the fact that she was nearly killed.
when she opens her eyes, she stares at the ground for a few moments before she can find anything to say. she's managed to find some composure, but there's regret and sorrow written all over her face all the same.]
...Forgive me.