How does it feel

How does it feel 66

Notes: Musical Inspiration: Golden Slumbers/Carry that weight by The Beatles (Jennifer Hudson-Cover)

"Uhhh..." Korra was so excited about communicating with her child that she wasn't thinking clearly. As she gazes at the concerned expressions on her mentors' faces she realizes her mistake. There was no way she could explain everything to them. There was just too much to say, the least of it was being transported back in time. And telling them that she'd spent the last 5 hours talking to the energy of her future child was completely out of the question. She couldn't explain something as unbelievable as that. Not to mention what she and Asami had to go through to give birth to the kid. Even the essences had to take the information directly out of her head in order to understand it all.

The Avatar lowers her eyes. If the essences hadn't sucked the information out of her mind she would have had to explain everything the normal way. Who better to talk to about the situation than the two women in front of her? Maybe it would help her make sense of things.

Korra nods to herself. Should she tell them about Koh first or maybe the essences? "I should tell them about Asami and me...and our kids." She takes a heavy breath, deep in thought, remembering the feel of her children's tiny fingers grasping her hand back in the mortal world, the world she destroyed.

The Avatar shakes her head trying to clear her mind. "No, since Su's here I should warn them about Kuvira and the war. But Koh's involved with that too." The water tribe woman averts her eyes still unable to find the right way of explaining the situation. "They need to know that I've been through all this before. So I should start from the beginning."

Korra's gaze drops to the floor as she starts whispering to herself. "So that would be when Asami and I fell in love. Zaheer poisoned me, Asami helped take care of me, then I started dreaming about her. We got closer, but I pushed her away when I saw her kissing someone else." Korra rolls her eyes remembering the way she ran away from Gran and Asami after that. The spirit she saw at Air Temple Island that night must have been Princess Yue. "Focus Korra, focus. Asami told me that Lau was the one who kissed her, not the other way around. We cleared things up and had our first date." She furrows her brow. "They probably don't need to know all this." Korra says thinking back to what Koh forced Asami to do to her back then. "I should stick to the major events. What happened after that?"

Katara swallows hard. She could see her former student's mind working overtime. Whatever happened to the Avatar was serious. "Korra..."

The extremely focused Inuit doesn't hear her name being called and continues talking to herself. "Asami got sick. Bolin had his party. My legs got healed. Kuvira kicked my butt. I found out that the problems in the spirit world were caused by Kuvira and her weapons. Azula showed up. The world leaders had a meeting to convince Kuvira to stop using her weapons. We went to war with the Earth Kingdom."

The green eyed matriarch furrows her brow. "What did you just say?"

Korra takes a deep breath still very engaged with her self-talk. "We found out that Lau was Koh in disguise and that he was responsible for it. And Koh attacked the world because he wanted Raava and humanity to pay for taking Mizu from him. And Mizu... is the essence of water who became Ummi, who was reincarnated as Asami. Koh and I fought on the solstice. Mizu woke up inside Asami. Mizu destroyed Koh's body and absorbed his energy which made Asami immortal. Wait, I need to explain that. Uhh, the essences are the ancient energies of earth, air, fire, water, spirit, and matter. And they were created... by the Cosmic Mothers. Tsuchi's mom is one of them called the Mother of Faces. Umm...."

Katara speaks up again trying to get the Avatar's attention. "Korra..."

The Inuit gulps as her memories begin to play like movies in her mind. "After that Gran ... (Korra glances at her mentor) became a spirit. I found out that Koh was still alive inside of Asami. I met the fire essence and she said that Koh had imprisoned people in his lair during the war. Asami was the only one who could get them out because Koh set a trap for her. While she was trying to rescue them, he took over her body. I went to his lair to save Asami. Then the Cosmic Mothers and the other essences showed up. The Mothers wanted to punish the essences for waking Mizu up because that was against their rules or something. I tried to stop them and became immortal in the process."