[Ever since he had found out, he had these moments, these fantasies where he wondered what it would be like. Family life with Katara and three children. What would it be like? Would they really be happy together? Korra seemed to think so.
But he had always stained within the restraints of what he knew of the future. He never dared to imagine beyond this. Him... living past his time. Growing old with Katara. Watching with pride as Tenzin brought up those four beautiful air children. And one day helping them all to apply their tattoos, holding Ikki close to tell her how proud he was of his granddaughter.
But it was wrong. Wrong to imagine. He can't... he couldn't. It was hard to accept alternate versions of their earth. Even if he couldn't remember Bad End Toph and didn't know about the version of the world Masaomi experienced, what he knew about the world of Avatar Sokka was enough to dishearten him. There could only be one world, one time for them to live through. Even if his future self was capable of defeating Amon and squashing the Equalist threat... there was still one truth he held.
His life was not worth more than another's. And he had no way of knowing whether or not his living on would prevent Korra from even being born.]
D-don't say, that Toph. I can't except the future for anything other than it is. If things are different in any way, even if it can make us happier in one way, there could be something else to make it worse. And I will never agree to live in that time unless I know that K-Korra will have a life, too. [What would her life be if she was born a Waterbender or a nonbender? With that rumor he knew, it could be worrying... but with all the variables it would hard to tell.]
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But he had always stained within the restraints of what he knew of the future. He never dared to imagine beyond this. Him... living past his time. Growing old with Katara. Watching with pride as Tenzin brought up those four beautiful air children. And one day helping them all to apply their tattoos, holding Ikki close to tell her how proud he was of his granddaughter.
But it was wrong. Wrong to imagine. He can't... he couldn't. It was hard to accept alternate versions of their earth. Even if he couldn't remember Bad End Toph and didn't know about the version of the world Masaomi experienced, what he knew about the world of Avatar Sokka was enough to dishearten him. There could only be one world, one time for them to live through. Even if his future self was capable of defeating Amon and squashing the Equalist threat... there was still one truth he held.
His life was not worth more than another's. And he had no way of knowing whether or not his living on would prevent Korra from even being born.]
D-don't say, that Toph. I can't except the future for anything other than it is. If things are different in any way, even if it can make us happier in one way, there could be something else to make it worse. And I will never agree to live in that time unless I know that K-Korra will have a life, too. [What would her life be if she was born a Waterbender or a nonbender? With that rumor he knew, it could be worrying... but with all the variables it would hard to tell.]