Her hair's insured for 10,000 yuans.

[paishodown]

[It has (probably) been said that Asami Sato is incapable of anything less than perfect dignity and poise. She lives up to this, as she settles at the gazebo on Air Temple Island, followed by a small army of turtleducks. She's not so great with kids, but this, she can manage. She's on her way home from the office, and there are some items of potential interest laid off to the side where she's seated. Namely, preliminary blueprints for the reconstruction of the city roads. They have to work around the spirits somehow.]

a) [If you stop by, you could find her gently patting their heads and feeding them breadcrumbs.]

b) [There are moments, however, when she is, indeed, not a beautiful, prissy, elegant rich girl.]

AAAaaAAHH-

[Dangling from her hair, in that spot she just can't reach, (you know the one, Varrick) is a turtleduck who got a little too excited about feeding time. And she could really use some help with it, right about now. Or, you could sit back and enjoy the resulting dance as she tries NOT to panic.

Spoilers, she's kind of panicking.]

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[paishodown]

[Asami sighs and adds-]

Hypothetically speaking. How... shorthanded are you guys, exactly?

[streetferret]

We've got patrols set up near the portals because I know they're going to be abused somehow, I just don't know yet. There's also a group of metalbenders assigned to Lord Zuko for-

[Damn, even he knows Asami doesn't need to know everything that's going on with his job.]

The police force is stretched thin. [Small sigh.] Lin would have handled this a lot better.

[paishodown]

[Asami sighs.]

You're doing your best, that's... really all you can do.

[She knows all about that conundrum.]

You aren't... handling the entire force, are you?

[He can't be the highest ranking officer left oh please let him not be the highest ranking officer left.]

[streetferret]

[He put his hand on his hip and gave a huff of a Asami pls]

Not the entire force. Just, a lot of it. [Says Lin’s dork of a “protégé”…] Keeping the departments coordinated isn’t as easy as it sounds.

[paishodown]

[SHE WOULDN'T PUT IT PAST YOU, MAKO.]

Hey, I know all about keeping things coordinated and how miserable it can be.

[Asami folds her arms.]

Just don't kill yourself over it.

[streetferret]

Hey, it beats living on the streets.

[See, he can look on the brighter side of things.]

[paishodown]

[She gives him an affectionately exasperated look.]

When you have to stoop that low for comparison, maybe it's time to reevaluate.

[streetferret]

[Even he can’t argue with that one.]

Yeah, maybe it is. [Time to swallow his awkward pride and actually do the thing.]

All right. [Sigh.] I’ll get my things together.

[paishodown]

And I'll let the staff know to let you in, in case I'm not there.