And then I stopped when no else did.

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The light coming in from the open window steadily grew from grey to a dim orange. The change was just enough to stir Korra awake, though she kept her eyes closed in an attempt to try and fall back asleep. Not because the rest was good or because she always hated getting up early. None of that mattered anymore.

But because it was the next day, just like the others in the weeks before and being conscious was beginning to feel more like a dreaded chore.

Korra's eyelids finally fluttered half open and she stared blankly at the ceiling, the shadows in the room slowly receding as the sunlight filtered in. Taking a deep breath, a silent sigh, Korra sat up and pushed down onto the bed to swivel herself around to bring her legs over the edge of the bed. After a moment of shifting her gaze to the floor, she became transfixed on the window; barely able to see the Yue bay just over the ledge.

Her wheelchair was nearby, but that wasn't what she wanted right now. Not ever. She waited for the light to brighten and to hear the familiar sounds of footsteps that she had come to expect after waking up.

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[paishodown]

"Barely," she admitted with a small laugh. She'd always had her mother, then servants to do it for her. Asami's voice softened. Korra hadn't even bothered to pick up her chopsticks yet.

"Are you hungry?"

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Korra eyes passed over her chopsticks and settled on the bowl. "I don’t kn-"

But she stopped as it hit her that Asami made this for her. As much as Asami was trying to lighten the mood by joking, she went out of her way to cook for her.

"yes. A little…" And she reached for the chopsticks, fingers fumbling slightly when holding them. But she managed to begin eating, fingers trembling a little as she focused on keeping them steady.

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Asami brought no attention to Korra's trouble with the utensils.

"Well, don't feel like you have to eat it if you're not. And I can get you something else, if you want." She offered another one of those gentle smiles that had become so common, lately, and shifted her chair so she could sit closer to Korra.

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"No, this is fine. Thank you." Korra had no way explaining how important each of those smiles were, and she looked to the side when Asami scooted closer.

Actually getting showered, groomed, and dressed for the day was the hardest part of the day. Mainly because of how it reminded her of what she couldn't even do for herself. "Maybe when we're done eating, we can start."

[paishodown]

"Sure. Did you want to take a shower?" It wasn't like there was much of anything scheduled for the day. Asami would need to check in with the office at... some point, but she didn't want to leave that long.

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Korra nibbled at her last bite of food and it wasn’t until then that she realized this had been the first meal she had fully finished. Before that she was about to shake her head, put it off for as long as she could.

But now, "Yes." She set her chopsticks down and sipped from her water. "I think I sweated a little in the middle of the night." Waking up in the middle of the night because of a nightmare had become a common enough of an occurrence that it was blending together just the same way the days were.