[ Soren does not actually know the deep and mystical answers to Ikki's ball questions, and she hasn't actually stopped coming up with further questions about this practice, and probably will never stop wondering about it. Ikki's that cute little hyper girl he'd been happy to see again - one day she'd just stopped showing up for lunch, and then a while later she'd been back, like nothing happened - and her expressions are animated enough that it's clear she's half-distracted.
She's also started talking fast enough that anyone but Jinora might be hard pressed to tell what she's actually on about, an obvious sign of nerves.
Ikki's treated to another playful blast of "airbending". She shuts up, sputtering, and then laughs and pushes back, like she did the first time she'd met them back in the fountain. Oh! So he's an airbender, too!
She drops her hands back to her lap after a second, though. ] So he's really, really gone, huh?
[ She'd kind of half hoped Masaomi would magically say Chien wasn't, although Soren obviously knew otherwise and she couldn't contact him at all.
This time Ikki translates the sad tone to Soren's reply without missing a beat; they're both missing the same person, after all. ] ...Mm, well, I have two beds, you know. Do you sleep in a bed? I guess maybe Uncle Sokka could make the top bed into a nest. Uncle Sokka can make anything! ...You've never met him, actually, but you'll get to when we go back home, 'cause you'll have to meet everyone - there's Uncle Sokka and Aunt Toph and Uncle Roku, and then grandpa and Katara - and you met Momo but there's also Appa and Hawky and Petunia! We've got a really, really big family.
[ Talking to her hands is less than productive, but Soren's at her knee and bumping into her, and Ikki does look up. There's another onslaught of chirping she thinks she might catch the meaning of - amused, comforting, and he'd definitely come to find her and hadn't left since. So it's probably, maybe okay to assume what she's assuming. For once in her life she's actually quiet and just grins back. ]
october 4th
She's also started talking fast enough that anyone but Jinora might be hard pressed to tell what she's actually on about, an obvious sign of nerves.
Ikki's treated to another playful blast of "airbending". She shuts up, sputtering, and then laughs and pushes back, like she did the first time she'd met them back in the fountain. Oh! So he's an airbender, too!
She drops her hands back to her lap after a second, though. ] So he's really, really gone, huh?
[ She'd kind of half hoped Masaomi would magically say Chien wasn't, although Soren obviously knew otherwise and she couldn't contact him at all.
This time Ikki translates the sad tone to Soren's reply without missing a beat; they're both missing the same person, after all. ] ...Mm, well, I have two beds, you know. Do you sleep in a bed? I guess maybe Uncle Sokka could make the top bed into a nest. Uncle Sokka can make anything! ...You've never met him, actually, but you'll get to when we go back home, 'cause you'll have to meet everyone - there's Uncle Sokka and Aunt Toph and Uncle Roku, and then grandpa and Katara - and you met Momo but there's also Appa and Hawky and Petunia! We've got a really, really big family.
[ Talking to her hands is less than productive, but Soren's at her knee and bumping into her, and Ikki does look up. There's another onslaught of chirping she thinks she might catch the meaning of - amused, comforting, and he'd definitely come to find her and hadn't left since. So it's probably, maybe okay to assume what she's assuming. For once in her life she's actually quiet and just grins back. ]