Tenzin-Charles.

[spiralmovements]

Tenzin is still getting used to the whole concept of a bar at the end of the universe.

But that doesn't mean he cannot enjoy a quiet moment outside by the lake. Even living on an island in the middle of Yue Bay does not diminish how calming the surface of the water is, and the air dragging ripples along the reflections there.

So there he is, all beard and arrows and temple robes, eyes closed but mind alert.

(Milliways is still very new, after all.)

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[spiralmovements]

"Do you have much opportunity to come to Milliways, Charles-no?"

[balancingminds]

"A good many opportunities and its Charles,"

He replays the last sentence in his mind, he didn't realize the sounds fit together that way.

[spiralmovements]

"Oh. Charles. Excuse me - it is not a common name at home.

"My daughter found this place before I did - I am still unsure what I think about that."

[balancingminds]

"The doors can be rather strange. I first found it and then showed my sister."

[spiralmovements]

"Jinora would have preferred keeping it her secret. There is very little in the way of privacy on the island."

[balancingminds]

"I wanted to share it with my sister and its become rather useful for us and others we know," The CIA facility can get rather cramped but Milliways is an escape.

[spiralmovements]

"You live with your sister, or is she far?"

Kya is not exactly close to where Tenzin is, at present.

[balancingminds]

"She's quite close. We've rarely lived far apart,"

They help each other and there were some moments when he was an undergrad but never too far.

[spiralmovements]

"That is a lucky thing you have.

"Unless you were related to my brother - I waved happily when he joined the naval forces," Tenzin jokes, cracking a smile.

[balancingminds]

"It is, quite lucky. Oh why was that?"

He's had times of being annoyed with Raven but never enough to wish her not there.

[spiralmovements]

"Bumi and I are very adept at infuriating one another.

"But as the youngest, I'm sure he would say that I am just unwilling to heed my elders."

[balancingminds]

"Ah, yes, I know how that goes. I'm the older brother and Raven enjoys pointing out when I'm over doing things or being old-fashioned."

[spiralmovements]

"You seem perfectly in your twenties to me."

Says the fifty-something monk, parent of three.

[balancingminds]

"Thank you, according to her I can sometimes be too much of a professor. Perhaps its all a matter of setting."

[spiralmovements]

"Perhaps you should remind her to attend to her studies."

[balancingminds]

"I stopped doing that in our teens, it never worked with her. She always gets things done in her way, which isn't like mine."

[spiralmovements]

Yup. Siblings.

"You mentioned you were a professor?"

[balancingminds]

"Yes, my work's in genetics. Are you familiar with the term?"

It's a polite question and one that will help Charles know how to best answer.

[spiralmovements]

"I understand only that it is some sort of work with gens...if I'm going by etymology."

[balancingminds]

"It's about identifying where our traits and abilities come from. Genes on my world are the cells that dictate are innate abilities. Though that's not everything since so much comes from environment as well. There's so much we don't know."

[spiralmovements]

"I wonder if your genes would be able to define who developed bending abilities in my world."

Flashes of Tenzin's brother Bumi appear in his mind. Why is he different?

[balancingminds]

"Bending, I'm afraid I don't know what you mean by that,"

Though from Tenzin's thoughts, it looks as if it would connect.

[spiralmovements]

Bending is always easier to show than to tell.

Tenzin's hand gets extended slightly towards Charles, and a ball of air swirls and hovers in his palm.

"I am an airbender."

[balancingminds]

"Ah, that explains what you did before. Is the ability inborn?"

[spiralmovements]

"I manifested at about one year old. Some demonstrate bending earlier; some later."

[balancingminds]

Charles smiles at some familiar terminology,

"I have an unexpected ability that manifested when I was about five. I'm not sure exactly when my sister's did, I think even younger. Though we're not the norm on our world. Is bending common among your world's population?"

[spiralmovements]

"They are certainly not uncommon, and depending on the culture and the time period, bending abilities are praised."

[balancingminds]

"Could you explain more? It's an area of great interest to me how perceptions of various abilities and differences evolve over time. My sister and I along with fellow mutants must still hide to be safe. We hope to not always have to."