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ID: SAKURA

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[sediments]

You are. [ spoon continues to be transparent ] I bet at least half of those guys have a crush on you.

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[ Thank goodness this is audio, because she'd hate for him to see how red her face is right now. ]

Th-There's no way! B-Bolin, pl-please don't tease me...

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Huh?

[ Now he's getting a little surprised. ]

Wait, you really don't think so? You're not just being polite?

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I-I definitely wouldn't b-bet on it. I-I'm not the kind of girl that boys l-like... I'm not very m-mature, so...

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You're plenty mature! [ She'd kept focused in the dungeon. ] And you're kind, I think that's more important.

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[ That's not really the kind of mature she meant, Bolin... ]

I-I don't know... I'm not very... [ There's a long pause here where she struggles with words. Finally, she blurts out: ] I'm not very womanly!

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[ There's a long pause here. ]

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[ Before: ]

Oh. Well, y'know. You're still young... [ Bolin has no idea how girls go through puberty. ] The guys that you date probably shouldn't be looking for that kind of thing anyway? I mean, they'd be your age.

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[ Great Dawn Dragon, why did she say that?! Now she wants to die. (Also, she's already gone through puberty?! Thanks, Bolin.) ]

N-No, don't... j-just pretend I didn't say anything! P-Please!

[sediments]

[ iDK MAN HE DOESN'T KNOW

Oh, she sounds like she's about to faint. ]

But... I'm serious! You don't have to worry about not being as developed as other girls!

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D-D... D...

[ Developed. Why is he using that word. This is the worst. She wants to disappear. ]

B-But don't boys like that? I-I thought they wanted girls who were beautiful and strong... [ The unspoken implication being that she's neither of those things. ]

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[ The awkwardness drops from Bolin like water off a duck's back, and now he just sounds confused. ]

But you are beautiful and strong?

[ ??? ]

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M-Me? I'm not! I'm not like... like my mother... or Big Sister Hinoka!

[sediments]

Why? What are they like?

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They're both really amazing. Big Sister Hinoka is really beautiful and a strong fighter... she's like a goddess! And Mother i—was really beautiful too... she was so strong and kind and wise. She was the perfect queen!

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[ It makes him smile to hear that, really glad for Sakura, that she had such amazing women in her life.

Still ]

Well, that sounds a lot like you too, doesn't it?

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I... I don't really think I'm like them at all.

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You just don't see it yet. But trust me.

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I-I don't know... [ But... ] Th-Thank you, Bolin.

[ For trying to make her feel better. ]

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Hm? For what? [ Sakura's so cute. ] But you can always count on me.

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Um, f-for... for trying to make me feel better.