"I don't understand why you're so bad at this," Ikki said with her usual tact, and yelped when Jinora kicked her. "What?"

"Maybe if you think about it like water," Jinora said, shooting a glare at her little sister.

"But it's air," Korra said. "They're two completely different elements."

"Jinora's right," Taya said. "Perhaps if you focused on how air is similar to water, you can connect to it."

"My mother was killed when I was very small," Asami said quietly. "By a couple of Triple Threats looking to make a name for themselves."

"I'm sorry," Korra said, not sure what else she could say.

Asami shrugged it off. "Gangs are a real problem here," she said. "Mako and Bolin lost their parents to a gang too. And like it or not, most gang members are benders."

You trained with the best of the best, she reminded herself. And numbers aren't always an advantage. Unless they were trained to fight as a cohesive unit, the gang members were just as likely to beat up their friends as they were to hit her. They had to be careful who they hit, while she could hit anybody. You have the advantage.

She also had Naga.

Troy didn't know, and that worried him. He and Abed had promised each other that they would never lie or keep secrets from one another unless Joss Whedon or Batman asked them to, and Abed wasn't the kind of guy to break a promise.

But after the Great Pillow War, they had also promised to cut each other some slack, because things happen and people make mistakes. So Troy had to trust that whatever secret Abed was keeping, he would loop them in soon.

"He'll tell us when he's ready," he told Annie. "Wanna make some cookies?"

"A woman's office?" Her voice was an ominous whisper, but it quickly rose to a crescendo. "Is manhood truly such a delicate thing? I had thought it as hard and sturdy as a Bolivian cactus, but it seems you are as fragile as a snake lily. Shall you retire to the hothouse, and shall my gardner tend to you? Her hands are soft and sweet; she would do much good for you."

Huang ran his hand through what little hair he had left. "Queen of the crazy freaks," he grumbled. As a bender himself, Hei should have felt offended, but honestly, he agreed. Bending was an aberration, a mistake made by nature that humanity exploited. That's why he was there.

"This changes his plans, doesn't it, Yin?" he asked the girl.