flotsam (drabble)


Korra finds pieces of Amon and Tarrlok's tattered bodies on the shoreline, the currents washing over arms and appendages; pearl white bone under vile red, on the shore of Air Temple Island.

Her first reaction is to retch, and she does so, and her second thought is intense, overreaching panic that Tenzin's children may come here to call her back inside. Her feet root her to the spot, entranced the wash of red staining her boots.

She cannot help but feel that this end was a mutual agreement, and instead of satisfaction under her terror, she feels pity.

Noatak was a good natured kid.

He really did look out for his brother.