Something he hadn't had outside of Mula and Raava for a very long time. He'd been relying on no one else but himself for just as long that it never occurred to him to look to anyone else, to think of asking for someone to come with him. He just did it. Like he always did.
Toph's chastising him about not trusting people a few weeks back was suddenly a very loud voice in his head.
Wan brought his arms up to hug himself, taking another deep breath before he responded in a softer, kinder voice that was also very exhausted at this point. His adrenaline running out on top of being worn down emotionally by Bumi being very, very right.
"I'm sorry," he murmured, "I didn't mean it like that. Just that you're Aang's son, not mine. I didn't mean it to sound like I don't want you to be family. But I don't have one. Or I didn't. Before coming here, I mean. To this time. I haven't had anyone but Mula and Raava since closing the Spirit Portals and-"
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Family.
Something he hadn't had outside of Mula and Raava for a very long time. He'd been relying on no one else but himself for just as long that it never occurred to him to look to anyone else, to think of asking for someone to come with him. He just did it. Like he always did.
Toph's chastising him about not trusting people a few weeks back was suddenly a very loud voice in his head.
Wan brought his arms up to hug himself, taking another deep breath before he responded in a softer, kinder voice that was also very exhausted at this point. His adrenaline running out on top of being worn down emotionally by Bumi being very, very right.
"I'm sorry," he murmured, "I didn't mean it like that. Just that you're Aang's son, not mine. I didn't mean it to sound like I don't want you to be family. But I don't have one. Or I didn't. Before coming here, I mean. To this time. I haven't had anyone but Mula and Raava since closing the Spirit Portals and-"
If Bumi let him, he would keep babbling on.