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hey! you've reached Jack Frost!
"I'm away from a console right now, but leave me a message and
I'll return it as soon as I can! Prank callers will be snowballed-- kidding!"

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You'll let me know if you hear anything else?

[ It's phrased as a question but it's really not. ]

If I can’t handle it, yeah.

[Right now, she still thinks she can handle most anything.]

No. Anything at all.

Anything that might hurt her.

[Her face is completely neutral.]

Korra. I--

[ He looks away from the feed for a moment, though not before a bit of ice has begun to climb the corner of the screen, expression hardening as though he closed a part of himself off. ]

You said it already, right? We have to protect and care about people even if it keeps us alone, no matter how much it hurts. That's what I'm doing.

[Why was being obstinate is anyone's guess, but what he says confuses her for a split second.

Then her eyes widen.]

Y- You remember that?

[Since he never mentioned anything, Korra assumed that it faded away for him. Like any other dream would. Something she didn't want to bring up. THe words were just as much for her as they were for him.

Only he listened.]

Yes. It wasn't an easy thing to hear but it helped other things make sense. About Charlotte, even about... what happened with Elisa and that other Jack Frost.

So don't try and shut me out of this, Korra. I'm doing what I need to do.

[Her brow furrows.]

Jack. That was for me, not you. [She rubs her face. This is not what she was expecting on top of a horrible hangover.]

I just couldn't see you like that, okay? It hurt. I needed to get you out of it.

[ Jack shakes his head. ]

It doesn't matter who you meant it for. It was still necessary for me to hear.

[ And he won't forget it. She'd imprinted the concept on him when he was at a literal lowest point, ensuring that he would always mentally link the two. But that was not the point of this discussion ]

I know you and Zatanna are friends. I'd ask the same of her if you were in trouble.

[ Please let me protect those I care about: you, her, all of you. ]

[To her, it matters. But she just can't have this discussion right now either. Her head's throbbing as it is.

Enough to make her acquiesce.]

All right. I'll let know you know if anything else comes up. There's still some people that are still holding grudges about the magic fluke. I offered to do something about it, but she wouldn't let me do it then either.

[If another thing happens, Korra's probably not going to wait for Zatanna's final say.]

But nothing as bad as Damian.

[ Jack nods and maybe he's thinking the same if anything else should come up, not asking Zatanna. Better to beg forgiveness and all that. ]

I understand. Thank you, Korra. Feel better soon, okay?

[As much as her head's pounding, the sentiment pulls a smile out from the drained feeling she had.]

Thanks Jack. Just, don't forget to look after yourself too.

[She's seen what that could lead to, and she's already damaged him once because of it already. Eventually, she figures, she'll stop hurting the people she loves.]

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