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[gottadealwithit]

 Korra was down by the lakeside, fishing.

She is still down by the lakeside, sitting on a rock, but the bubble of water swirling in her hands doesn't contain a fish.

Well, okay, to the casual observer, it probably does. A black Koi fish with a large white spot on its head. But Korra, who is the link between the material and spirit worlds, but more importantly, is a waterbender, knows viscerally that she doesn't hasn't caught a fish, but the spirit of the ocean itself.

Two questions keep bothering her. Firstly, how did La get there? 
Secondly, what does she do with him now?

Naga, lying behind Korra with her head in her paws, only knows that she's not going to get to eat this one.

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[mnt_mike]

"Dare I ask?"

There's a sandy-haired ninja standing a few feet off from where Korra is sitting.

[gottadealwithit]

"Mmmm?"

She glances over, "oh hi, Mike." And rolls backwards, lifting the swirling sphere up so he can see.

"You don't know why the Spirit of the Ocean is swimming in the lake, do you?"

[mnt_mike]

He takes a few tentative steps toward the sphere.

"Nope, can't say that I do. Uh...why does the spirit of a salt body of water look an awful lot like a fresh water fish?"

[gottadealwithit]

Korra shrugs, careful not to disturb it.

"So he can live in a fresh water environment with his true love the Moon."

Don't ask stupid questions, Mike.

[mnt_mike]

Okay...she has made a compelling point.

"But...why is the moon a fish at all?"

[gottadealwithit]

"Because thousands of years ago they decided to manifest in the physical world to benefit humankind."

That is not the point though.

"But I don't think he's really supposed to be here, though. I think he's supposed to be in my world."

[mnt_mike]

He opens his mouth to argue the point further, but then she has to go and ruin it by bringing up an actual problem.

"Thaaaaat could be a problem. I mean...could that be a problem? What happens when a spirit of something leaves?"

[gottadealwithit]

"Nothing good."

Korra is helpful.

"And if the spirit in question is this spirit, it could end all waterbending."

[mnt_mike]

"Wait...whut, why?"

[gottadealwithit]

"Because La and Tui are the source of all waterbending," Korra explains patiently. "Take one from the world and waterbending stops."

It's happened before, you see.

[mnt_mike]

"Okay. I would definitely say that that accurately depicts the meaning of the words not good."

Mike runs a hand through his already mussed hair.

"Wait...how do you know that?"

[gottadealwithit]

"I'm the Avatar, Mike," Korra points out. "It's kind of my job to know."

[mnt_mike]

Mike just gives her a look. Possibly the look.

"Does that line ever really work for you? Because very rarely does anyone ever buy that from me. And tell the truth, from one quasi-omniscient being with an inherited job title to another."

[the_force_abides]

Well, that's interesting. And not a hint of the Force in use either, Korvas thinks when he spots the young woman and her sphere of water. There are many talents and wonders in the universe but such spectacular feats usually use the Force in some manner.

[gottadealwithit]

Korra is deep in thought as she stares at the fish.

Deeeeeeeeeep in thought.

She certainly doesn't look towards him straight away.

[the_force_abides]

Did something just move in there? Korvas steps closer and leans in. Personal space is a convenience really, not a need.

[gottadealwithit]

Naga lifts her giant head as Korvas leans in, and makes a low snuffling/grumbling sound of acknowledgement and maybe warning? It's warm out and she's tired, so it's half-hearted.

Korra doesn't look up in order to ask: "You don't know of anyone who's lost the Spirit of the Ocean, do you?"

[the_force_abides]

Korvas looks to the beast as soon as it raised it's head and sends a calming wave through the Force, "I mean no harm to your or your friend.", though if polar bear dogs are Force sensitive remains to be seen.

He gives the young woman's question some thought. There are many who believe in spirits but true mysticism doesn't really exist in his reality, at least not how Korra means. "I don't believe so. Is that what you have there?"

[gottadealwithit]

Naga's okay with being force calmed. She snuffles her head back into her paws and looks at him with big soulful scratch-my-head eyes.

"Yeah," she says, sounding almost sure, but not quite. "And I'm pretty sure he shouldn't be swimming in this lake."

[the_force_abides]

"Is he sentient?" Korvas asks, crouching to offer his hand to scent before giving in to those soulful eyes.

[gottadealwithit]

Korra looks up to raise an eyebrow at him.

"Yes," she says, "he's the Spirit of the Ocean. But he doesn't communicate with everyone."

This is the problem. He's supposed to communicate through her.

[the_force_abides]

"Oh," Korvas replies. "Sorry, we don't really have spirits of oceans or the like back home. Could he have decided to visit here on his own?"

[gottadealwithit]

"I guess?" Korra says.

"Maybe. But he's the source of all waterbending. If he's not on our world, then there can't be waterbenders."

[the_force_abides]

"I don't know what waterbending is," he admits, though he can guess given the visual evidence. "Is it vital to your universe?"

[gottadealwithit]

"Yes."

She answers quickly, without thinking. When she has, she says: "It's vital to our culture. And if we lose it, the balance of the world will be thrown off."