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[royalfling]

[ Wu tries not to be impatient, but he is impatient, watching Mako read and pace and read and pace and he wants to know what's going to happen. It all feels very urgent, like if they don't figure it out right now they'll never figure it out at all.

To distract himself, he turns to Bolin ]

You don't have to be the ratpig, Bo. We can, we can figure something out. Maybe somebody out there likes what they turned into! We could test on theirs!

[pabugotmoves]

[Well he. He doesn’t love this, that is for sure, but he’s also feeling the pressure of urgency.]

We don’t have the time, do we? And what are the chances we’d even find someone?

[He’s terrified of getting stuck in a body that doesn’t feel right, of course he is. He’s terrified that the book doesn’t guarantee you’ll turn back, too. But what choice do they have? Everyone is different so even if it works for someone else that doesn’t mean it will work for him.]

Why go through all that when I could just.. do the thing.

[Starting to pull up like it’s been decided. Skin there, fire there, it’s not hard. What would Varrick do? He wouldn’t overthink it, he’d just trust the process and it would work out.]

I’m just gonna do it-

[arclightning]

No—!

[ Mako snaps too-sharp, her head darting up. ]

Sit down, Bolin. We're not going to do anything reckless. We're going to burn a little piece of mine first to make sure.

[royalfling]

[ Wu grabs Bolin's arm to hold him back. He trusts Mako here. If Mako wants to try this, he should. She should. ]

Let's do it Mako's way. Okay? I don't want you to get hurt-- either of you to get hurt! But Mako knows what he... she's doing.

[pabugotmoves]

[Bo shoots Mako such a fuckin' look and clenches her jaw before looking at Wu and gesturing towards his- her sister- ARgH PrOnOuNS!!]

Does she?! Because last time I checked Mako is not an expert on magic skin burning, just regular skin burning. Whatever, just do it already!

[arclightning]

[ Mako shoots Wu an obscurely-grateful look and entirely ignores the one from Bolin with the grace of a sister who has been doing this for y e a r s.

Anyway, she has a piece of her own skin to rip apart and that's totally fine and not weird at all. She pulls at the similarly-scarred skin of her... his... left arm, yanks a bit free with a grimace, and goes to hold it over the sink for lack of anywhere normal to burn a piece of her own shed skin to bits. ]

If this makes me disappear, you'd better not do anything stupid.

[ And then, with a tiny little flick of fingers, the thing ignites. ]

[royalfling]

[ Wu flinches when the skin catches fire, covering his face with his hands.

But nothing really happens. Nothing at all. He peeks out from behind his fingers ]

Are you okay? Did anything happen?

[ He glances between Mako and Bolin, hoping for something. Anything ]