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[It wasn't a complete refusal to let her go back. Just...a chance to take more time. Build her energy up. Then she could go back to Kon.]

Alright.

I guess I can manage a few bites.

[Korra smiles weakly as soon as Zatanna agrees.]

Do you want one of the canned fruits or the salty meat? Or...I think we still have some of the beans...

I know. It's a lot. Try not to get overwhelmed by your choices here.

[Were she a different person, the phrase no worries, completely whelmed over here might have come to mind. Well...it came to mind, but she didn't say it aloud.]

Not as much as you might think.

I'm a vegetarian. No meat.

[Korra blinks, suddenly frowning.] You are? Wow...you'd think I would've figured that out way sooner.

[But they'd always taken care of their own meals. Still, Korra feels a little disappointed that she hadn't noticed.]

Okay, then fruits and beans it is.

[It's not as if meat was a common delicacy around here, anyway; for a while, half the population could have passed for vegetarian.]

[Which was one of the many reasons people were probably still so surprised to find out; who would willingly limit their food choices in a place like this? ...someone who obviously knew that non-meat options were far more common, anyway, basically.]

You're the chef.

[Korra gets up to fetch the cans, then pushes a can of peaches into Zatanna's hand, along with a battered metal spoon, when she gets back.]

I found a can of corn if you want that instead.

I'm honestly surprised Red hasn't haorded it all yet.

[The way that guy just seems to have a fondness for corn. Or maybe that was corny things. Her mind was a bit fuzzy on the details right then.]

Corn is fine. Thanks, Korra.

[Korra wordlessly swaps the peaches for the can of corn, poking at the peaches herself.]

Hey, even if you're not injured, you still have to look out for yourself. Or let one of us look after you when you're busy healing Kon. That's what friends do.

I know. I promise I know.

I just... [She sighed. It took far more effort than usual for her to open the darn thing, and when she did, she lamely swiped twice at the nearby spoon before picking it up.]

I'm not trying to be the hero here. [Not this time] I don't want to lose him. And if this is what it takes...better I take extra long naps than the alternative.

I know. [Her voice is low as she replies, and she just pokes at the peaches with her own spoon. She'll force herself to eat in a bit, but it's hard to have an appetite when your friend is bleeding everywhere.]

If it was Conner, I'd be doing the same.

And I'd probably be shoving food into you all along the way too.

[What was the expression? Peas in a pod?]

Probably. [Korra gives her a small smile, then goes quiet as she thinks.]

I hope this doesn't last much longer.

[She doesn't think Kon and a few other people will be able to take much more.]

So do I. I don't think any of us could take much more.

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