[ And that's the problem, isn't it? That last bit: for his own sake.
Mako doesn't know how to prioritize himself or his wants. He tried, back when they were pro-benders, following an impulse that originated with Bolin, and that led him down catastrophic pathways. He thought he should want Asami. He thought he wanted Korra, and then those things imploded and all he had was work he was good at but hadn't really chosen, and then Wu yanked him into something else and then the world was ending and then, finally, when he'd gotten his feet under him and was starting to set up something like a life with maybe a little too much workâthen the dream.
Lysithea, he thinks, gets it. He remembers mountains and her calm certainty that her life had a defined endpoint. She was just smarter than him, maybe, because she enjoyed the life she had. ]
So... try stuff until I see if I like it, basically.
[ Way to sum up all those lovely words with that, Mako. ]
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Mako doesn't know how to prioritize himself or his wants. He tried, back when they were pro-benders, following an impulse that originated with Bolin, and that led him down catastrophic pathways. He thought he should want Asami. He thought he wanted Korra, and then those things imploded and all he had was work he was good at but hadn't really chosen, and then Wu yanked him into something else and then the world was ending and then, finally, when he'd gotten his feet under him and was starting to set up something like a life with maybe a little too much workâthen the dream.
Lysithea, he thinks, gets it. He remembers mountains and her calm certainty that her life had a defined endpoint. She was just smarter than him, maybe, because she enjoyed the life she had. ]
So... try stuff until I see if I like it, basically.
[ Way to sum up all those lovely words with that, Mako. ]