They ate alone, together. The acolytes on the ship would eat as their shift changed but none of them were allowed in the Avatars eating or living quarters unless it was important. It was very different to dinner with Tenzin's family, there was laughter, jokes and happiness here they sat in silence quietly eating their dinner.

She watched as he kept lifting his head and opening his mouth trying to make some sort of conversation to cease the silence that she knew he hated so much. Bolin always preferred noise to silence, he always preferred the sound of the engines to the silence of the wind, he just didn't like being quiet and neither did she.

"Please Bolin just speak I can't take the silence and I know you definitely can't." She place her spoon back in to her soup as she looked up at him waiting for a reply.

"I don't know really…I just wish that you weren't in a wheel chair and I wish I didn't have to not see my brother for however long this takes." He gave a small smile and went back to his soup taking small sips which was abnormal for him he would usually just pick up the bowl and let it fall in to his mouth like a waterfall.

"Well I can't help being in a wheel chair but you don't have to stay with me, like I said before we left you can leave whenever you want." Her voice cracked a little she didn't want him to go but she was not the centre of the world even if she did have an obligation to protect it. She had to think of those she cared about.

"You did say that and I said I would never let you face this alone, yes you have your parents and Katara and the acolytes but sometimes a friend is what is most needed." There it was again his certainty of his decision shining through the darkness of her doubt.

"You have a life to Bolin, you have Mako, and you have the fire ferrets. Hell you even left Pabu because he didn't want to go on to the boat, stop worrying about me."She shouted it at him trying to talk some sense in to him. Why would he throw all of that away just to help me? She thought. "I'll be fine." That last part she spoke not with a shout but with just a small whisper barely loud enough to carry over to his ears, she needed someone but he was too good to her for her to let him waste his time with a crippled Avatar.

"Actually outside of what we do – did as team Avatar I did nothing but train for the ferrets, sign autographs, tell women that Mako was unavailable and play with Pabu. I really didn't have a life but you granted me one." He looked at her his smile growing a little wider due to his gratitude towards her. "I can call Mako when we get there, and the fire ferrets? I told Mako to make sure they were doing okay every so often." He got up out of his seat and walked along towards her before bending down and placing his hand on her shoulder. "Everything is fine you are not." How did he make her feel so strong when she couldn't even move without receiving intense pain?

When they both had finished Bolin cleaned the plates as Korra excused herself so she could sleep in her room. After finishing with the plates Bolin decided to go on deck and see how long it would be before they reached the southern water tribe so far they had been on the sea for about three days and Bolin didn't know how long he could keep going with no earth to bend. He went up to the nearest acolyte above deck and asked him how long it would take before they got to the southern water tribe, he replied with "about a week and we should be there." A whole week without earth. He quickly said thank you as he made his way to his room to sleep.

Suddenly he woke up, he felt the vibrations through the wall Korra was moving quite frantically for someone who was asleep. He quickly got out of bed and ran to her room to see what was happening. He watched as the Avatar tossed and turned in her bed he came to the quick conclusion she was having a nightmare. He had always had nightmares about his parents he guessed that watching your parent's burn would have some knock on effects. He sleepily strolled towards her sitting on the bed. He realized at this point since Mako barely ever had nightmares and if he did Bolin was either asleep or out he had no idea what he should do, so he did what Mako always did for him. He grabbed Korra pulling her into a hug and slowly rubbed the back of her head.

"Shh… its okay Korra…It's just a nightmare…come on now it's okay Bolin's here." He watched her eyes flutter open as she looked up at him with tears streaming down her cheeks.

"Bolin I was so scared I keep reliving it but only this time I don't break out." She grabbed a fist full of his shirt as she cried into his chest. Not once did he speak nor did he move or protest he let her cry until she could no longer produce any tears doing nothing but hugging her and rubbing the back of her head.