"Oh, come on Lin, it'll be fun!"

Kya's idea of "fun" was dragging her to dinner and a show at the local theater with Tenzin's (way too young for him) fiancé, Pema. No. It would not be fun.

"Kya, you know I'm busy."

"Oh, they can live without their Chief for one night. You don't even work nights usually, do you?"

"Not usually, no, but there have been security issues-"

"Lin. You are not the only officer in the city. They can handle it for one night while we introduce her to the family."

"If you want to introduce her fairly, you should invite Bumi."

"I'm trying to ease her into our…insanity." She said. "Besides, you're worse than Bumi, and you know it."

Kya somehow managed to talk her into wearing something other than her police uniform, and the three of them found a table fairly close to the stage. Lin sat in silence, mostly, while Kya and Pema happily chatted. She was fairly certain Pema was afraid of her. She didn't really know why. She'd known the girl at least a little since she'd first joined the Acolytes. It wasn't like she didn't know that Lin had all the endearing sweetness of an angry saber-tooth moose-lion.

Of course, sending Pema a letter full of compromising pictures of a hungover Tenzin in a sequined pink dress may not have been the best move if she was looking for friendship.

The food was alright and the show was actually enjoyable. Some jazz dancing showcase. After the show ended, the three women walked home, Lin keeping about a step behind the other two.

She was taken aback when Pema fell back into step with her.

"Lin," She asked, a little timidly, "What did you think of the show?"

Lin blinked. "Um," she said, "it was good. I actually like those jazz shows."

"Really?" Pema blinked. "I would never have pinned you as a jazz woman."

"I don't look it," Lin replied, "but I do enjoy things sometimes."

"Yeah," Kya chimed in, "and when she's feeling really crazy, you'll even catch her smiling." Lin just rolled her eyes.

The conversation was actually sort of easy after that. Lin talked about police work, Pema about life with Acolytes. Kya sort of let them talk, Lin assumed because she'd done what she'd set out to do in getting her to socialize. And at the end of the evening, Lin actually caught herself saying, "This was fun. We should do it again sometime."

From that day forward, Kya made it a point to take the two of them out to a jazz show whenever she was in town.