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pabugotmovesHuh? Oh-- You've reached Bolin!
Yeah, I'm a pretty busy guy but leave me a message and I'll beep you back
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Date: 2022-02-13 09:14 pm (UTC)[ This is a return to safety a little bit. Mako can touch the bottom with his feet, anyway, feel more anchored. He chomps the lacy edge of another pancake. ]
Wu says the same thing. I mean, I get it. He'd never get to do any of this at home. Marrying the Earth King while he's still the Earth King?
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Date: 2022-02-13 09:24 pm (UTC)But if anyone could do it, it would be you. And besides, he isn't going to be king for very long back home, either. Just until the Earth States can declare a time table for the election. So all you would have had to do was ride it out another.. I dunno. Six months?
[Is he undermining his own point? Probably. Does he realize? No.]
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Date: 2022-02-14 02:10 am (UTC)[ Mako's voice is quiet, a little more serious. He and Wu ran through it once: the number of provinces, the likely timelines for each one, the amount of trouble Gaoling had already caused, what to do with Ba Sing Se.
Wu had slowly wilted through the whole conversation. ]
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Date: 2022-02-14 03:00 am (UTC)..what??
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Date: 2022-02-16 01:40 am (UTC)[ Mako's voice is soft and serious, his eyes fixed on his pancakes. ]
At least half a year for every province, probably more if he wanted to be really stable. Wu was going to be stuck ruling for a long time.
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Date: 2022-02-16 05:59 pm (UTC)[That changes things. He plays with his porridge for a moment. No, he doesn't like that. Back to his resolute decision that being here is for the best.]
Then it double mean what I said. It's Trench City from here on out.