And Chali does the obvious thing and looks up Sora Oshiro.
Who has traveled to Republic City, among other transactions, under his own name. That's certainly... interesting. But the financials don't immediately turn up where he's staying. They quietly release a description which... basically describes Jun, only two decades younger, but with low confidence and not much fanfare. They don't want the killer to know that they're onto him (or, if Jun is wrong, that they're busily barking up the wrong tree).
Chali appreciates the tip, keeps the Jun connection otherwise quiet, and sends Beila home. She goes. She finishes the Avatar Meixing autobiography. There's a bit about the Avatar State.
From the sound of it, there are no practice effects at all between the startle reflex Avatar State and the fully mastered kind. They're totally different things that simply both happen to involve glowy eyes and supreme power.
The way Meixing describes it, both of the avenues into the state are, well, mental states, but they're unrelated. There's no reason Beila shouldn't be able to just... do it.
That said, "while fretting about a serial killer who may be her firebending teacher's little brother" is not the ideal time to do complicated mental work, especially of the "calm yourself, empty your mind" variety. She sends a message to the nuns. She can't drag her big mirror out to the beach without teaching herself to metalbend or her dad's help, so she goes over katas she already knows rather than working on wings.
Chali's not home yet when she wants to go to bed. Ranyi's waiting up. Beila gets sleep.
no subject
And she goes.
And she tells Chali.
And Chali does the obvious thing and looks up Sora Oshiro.
Who has traveled to Republic City, among other transactions, under his own name. That's certainly... interesting. But the financials don't immediately turn up where he's staying. They quietly release a description which... basically describes Jun, only two decades younger, but with low confidence and not much fanfare. They don't want the killer to know that they're onto him (or, if Jun is wrong, that they're busily barking up the wrong tree).
Chali appreciates the tip, keeps the Jun connection otherwise quiet, and sends Beila home. She goes. She finishes the Avatar Meixing autobiography. There's a bit about the Avatar State.
From the sound of it, there are no practice effects at all between the startle reflex Avatar State and the fully mastered kind. They're totally different things that simply both happen to involve glowy eyes and supreme power.
The way Meixing describes it, both of the avenues into the state are, well, mental states, but they're unrelated. There's no reason Beila shouldn't be able to just... do it.
That said, "while fretting about a serial killer who may be her firebending teacher's little brother" is not the ideal time to do complicated mental work, especially of the "calm yourself, empty your mind" variety. She sends a message to the nuns. She can't drag her big mirror out to the beach without teaching herself to metalbend or her dad's help, so she goes over katas she already knows rather than working on wings.
Chali's not home yet when she wants to go to bed. Ranyi's waiting up. Beila gets sleep.