[ His attention is piqued, watching her as she speaks, thumbs still idly fidgeting with the edges of the communicator. Needless to say, the topic is clearly a welcome distraction from his prior mood, as angry as he was. But his face certainly doesn't look angry now — he looks a bit stunned, and whatever magic light they're talking about, a little of it must be in his eyes. ]
It's powered by lightning?! All of this?! Not just the thing?
[ There's a clear look of genuine amazement on the boy's face now — it's not necessarily a happy look, although not unhappy, and far from a smile not that easy, but it's not glaring daggers at the ground, so that's better. He gazes around them, a little wide-eyed at the idea lightning was behind all this, trying to look more closely at all the lights and neon signs now as they passed. It'd been a sight for him no matter what, he'd never seen anywhere like this, not even the massive city of Ba Sing Se was so bright. It really was beautiful, if he could spare a moment for such a thought now, but he hadn't spent much of his imagination so far trying to think how all the lights and electricity worked. He certainly wouldn't have imagined all this was— ]
Powered by fire...
[ He mumbled the last bit out loud to himself more than to Sypha, really, his eyes still scanning the street before them. This part of town was pretty dark and mild — more "normal," in his eyes — compared to the bigger parts of the main city he'd seen in the morning... Even in the daytime, everything was lit up. If this is all lightning-powered, it puts a whole new spin on this place — doesn't mean he wants to stay, but at least it's a little cooler in theory... ]
breakfast of champions. and dinner. and lunch. every day.
It's powered by lightning?! All of this?! Not just the thing?
[ There's a clear look of genuine amazement on the boy's face now — it's not necessarily a happy look, although not unhappy, and far from a smile
not that easy, but it's not glaring daggers at the ground, so that's better. He gazes around them, a little wide-eyed at the idea lightning was behind all this, trying to look more closely at all the lights and neon signs now as they passed. It'd been a sight for him no matter what, he'd never seen anywhere like this, not even the massive city of Ba Sing Se was so bright. It really was beautiful, if he could spare a moment for such a thought now, but he hadn't spent much of his imagination so far trying to think how all the lights and electricity worked. He certainly wouldn't have imagined all this was— ]Powered by fire...
[ He mumbled the last bit out loud to himself more than to Sypha, really, his eyes still scanning the street before them. This part of town was pretty dark and mild — more "normal," in his eyes — compared to the bigger parts of the main city he'd seen in the morning... Even in the daytime, everything was lit up. If this is all lightning-powered, it puts a whole new spin on this place — doesn't mean he wants to stay, but at least it's a little cooler in theory... ]