[Uhura studies Pavel for a minute, giving him time to make sure of that. But eventually she lets it slide. Some people are rough around the edges. It doesn't mean she has to like them, but it also doesn't mean she has to rescue Pavel from them.
She switches to Russian, to better put the young man at ease.]
[He's immensely grateful to her for allowing it to slide after he mucked up his word choice. The last thing he wants to do is make Uhura think that he's letting his friends bully him or that he's not perfectly capable of defending himself. The physical confrontation isn't what bothers Pavel the most, anyway. He still doesn't think that he deserved the outburst that he received.
He's almost as grateful for the switch to his native tongue.]
No, she only made it clear that she wasn't going to.
[Not his relationship to--oh. Maybe not, but since both Korra and Hei are his friends, it seemed fair enough at the time. Besides, Li had made Korra very upset. Yeah. In retrospect, maybe it was dumb. He thought that he had been defending a friend; that sounds much nicer than meddling does.
He snorts in response to her question.]
Always, and that was different. Meddling in the wrong way could have resulted in academic suspension.]
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Wednesday evening
She switches to Russian, to better put the young man at ease.]
Неужели она попросит вас поговорить с ним?
Italics = Russian
He's almost as grateful for the switch to his native tongue.]
No, she only made it clear that she wasn't going to.
no subject
[Oh Pavel.]
no subject
[He takes in Uhura's expression.]
That was wrong?
no subject
[She shakes her head just slightly in affectionate bemusement.]
Weren't you surrounded by girls in the Academy? Have you never had a friend break up before?
no subject
He snorts in response to her question.]
Always, and that was different. Meddling in the wrong way could have resulted in academic suspension.]
no subject
no subject
[Not that he can very well avoid not meddling when he cares about the people involved. He'll try, though.]
Should I apologize, or should she apologize for reacting in the way she did?
no subject
[She can't help but add]
But if she hates you for standing up for her, you're better off without her.
[She understands not wanting people to meddle, but she can't help being biased in favor of Pavel.]
no subject
Thank you, Nyota.
[He hugs her--one of those big, unreserved Russian hugs.]
no subject