Korra showed up a little after Kuvira had been served lunch. For lunch Kuvira was fed noodles. It wasn't bad but not necessarily good either. It was still prison food after all.

"Is this really necessary? I mean can't I have my restraints pulled? What if I have to go to the bathroom? It's bad enough that I have to be fed like some child but can't I at least have some dignity to use the bathroom without having an escort?" The doctor sighed. "I suppose but any funny business and the restraints return. Understood?"

Kuvira nodded. The doctor released the restraints just as Korra walked in. "Avatar Korra how nice to see you again." "You too Dr. Liao." "Keep an eye on her for me," the doctor said to Korra as he left.

"So I see you got your restraints off. How do you arms feel?" "Sore," Kuvira said as she massaged them gently. "I could fix that for you," Korra said. "No that's okay," Kuvira said.

Korra took a seat next to Kuvira. "So how do you feel today?" "Okay." "Are you really going to babysit me everyday for the rest of my prison sentence?" "If that's what it takes."

"I don't understand you," Kuvira said with a huff. "Well I understand you and that's all that matters."

"Do you want to talk?" Korra asked. "There's nothing to talk about." Korra furrowed her brows. "There has to be something you want to say. You can't just attempt suicide and then tell me you have nothing to say."

"Well I just did. Look avatar, I know you're used to helping people and helping them have their redemption but that's not the case with me. I don't want or need any redemption. I did what I did and I deserve to pay for it." "Don't you think you're already paying for it? You are in prison in solitary confinement with no visitors. I know that has to be taking a toll on your mental health. I know that's why you attempted suicide. It isn't all about paying for your crimes. It's also about escaping your guilty conscience isn't it?"

Kuvira looked away from Korra's intense stare. Korra knew she was right. "So once again, talk."

Kuvira sighed. She knew Avatar Korra wasn't about to let this go. "You seem to know what I should talk about so why don't you ask me what you want to know and I'll answer the best way I can."

" When did you first make the decision to end your life?" "It was when I had a dream not too long after being locked up. I dreamt that I killed Baatar with the spirit weapon and I couldn't live with myself if it had happened. I woke up in tears and I thought of all the moments we spent together. The moments no one knew about and then I thought about how I was ready to kill him if it meant stopping you and having my way. That memory was the most painful. It broke me. I almost killed the one person who ever truly loved me and for what, for power?" Kuvira chuckled humorlessly. "Some power that got me."

"I'm sorry Kuvira." "For what? You didn't make me a ruthless dictator, I did that all on my own."

"Not for that. For you thinking that you don't deserve redemption. Instead you deserve to die. Everyone makes mistakes. The good thing about life is that we get to learn from them. If you die, how will you ever learn or make up for them?"

"I guess I never thought about that." "Now you can." "If Baatar came to see you do you think you would find a reason to live?"

"It's hard to say. I don't expect him to want to talk to me or to even forgive me but it would be nice to have the opportunity to apologize to him face to face."

"What about Su?" "What about Su?" "Do you think talking to her would help?" "I don't know. Look I don't want you to think that me trying to kill myself is to get people to talk to me cause it's not. I told you that the guilt I feel and the punishment I deserve is what drove me to it. So while I'm open to talking to them, don't think that's suddenly going to make me change my mind about wanting to die. It might help but ultimately whether I live or die will be my choice, not anyone else's."

Korra sighed. Why couldn't she get through to this woman? She was just so hellbent on taking her own life that she refused to accept help. Still, Korra wasn't going to give up. Her friends and family never gave up on her after she got poisoned so she wouldn't give up on Kuvira now.

Kuvira could be saved if she wanted to be. Korra just needed to find a reason to convince Kuvira to hold on.

"Have you ever tried forgiving yourself?" Kuvira was almost shocked at the question. How could Korra ask her that? Why would she? She was a war criminal that destroyed an entire city and almost destroyed another in the process. Did Korra really think she could forgive herself after that?

"No. I can't. I could never-" Kuvira paused. She could feel the tears coming. She didn't want to cry in front of the avatar. She couldn't look any weaker than she already did.

"Maybe you should try." "How?" "By allowing yourself to relive those moments. All the terrible things you did. Feel that pain, accept it and then release it."

"That's easier said than done," Kuvira said. "True but I'll teach you."

"Avatar Korra?" "Yeah?" "Thank you." "For what?" "For trying to save me." "You're welcome and I will save you. Even if it's from yourself."