"No....you made me do this to Borealis?" Unable to hold back her tears any longer, she sobbed, "How dare you...." Hearing him remark on her rescinded threat, she continued, still crying:
"oh christ, crying now? Get a grip streetrat, you have the powers of a god, not a little baby girl- what are you gonna do? Waterbend with them?"
And I think the elders and chief trust me...more than they ever would you. To you, I may be a freak of nature, but to them, I'm a trusted ally, distant as I am."
Closer than me? I doubt that urchin, if i have one thing going for me other than my dashing good looks and my genius in medicine it's the power in my sheer name, i'm roomy with all of the officials, of course it's not as if they know this side of me that is. In a couple of years I could be one of the youngest City officials in history so don't you dare try to sully my name" he said, his eyes filled with tainted pride.
He regained his smile and polite tone-"There's a lot you don't know about the Water Tribe these days Aurora. Let's just say dealings that create people like me. And I need some people in it gone for good."
Hearing his plans for her, she finished, "How can you see me in the field if you don't fix my legs? And honestly, I'm not sure how I gained my capability to bloodbend....and I refuse to use it unless my life is truly in danger....I wouldn't know the first thing about teaching it to someone either....honestly, I wouldn't.
That's not going to cut it Aurora. You WILL bloodbend." He said clinically. "And of course you'll get your legs back- you're no use to our cause like that. Don't blame me, you're the one who played with his little fragile body. I'm an animal lover of course, naturally even." petting Nurse. And then he leaned in closer.
"You interest me Aurora, you really do. Just when I thought I had finished finding all the wonders in the world this beautiful art and an exotic rarity like you come marching into my life, i'm flattered- honestly. So i'm going to be straight to the point. I need bloodbending to fulfill my life. People call it sick and twisted and I can see your big puppy dog eyes whenever you even mention the subject but I will achieve it. It will quite literally fix all the problems in not only my life...but yours. This whole corrupt city can be fixed with one person using it with noble intentions. That's all it takes.
The Elder Yagoda, my mentor...no, basically my mother is dying, she needs a blood transfusion. High-ranking monsters lie in the Palaces and the Courts who need to be taken out and....and I need to fulfill my duty to become the world's best medic. To heal the world....and for that", his eyes looked genuine for the first time Aurora had met him, as if there wasn't anything left to hide..."I need your help. I need your forbidden art, I need your muscle and I need your reliance." He had zoned so far in he could kiss her...but instead softly laid his palm over her thigh. A glowing light appeared from his hand, he was healing the nerve endings in her leg.
"What is it that you want in this world Aurora? How do you think you can achieve it? Do you think you are close?" he politely asked, genuinely interested in her perspective of this tainted frozen world.