Avani shook her head when Kasai was confused about why she’d asked about her pockets, and sighed somewhat loud. Oh joy, the cop was so distracted by a half naked woman that she couldn’t even notice that. It was a bit embarrassing, and she wondered what her cop friends would have thought. She could see them reacting the same way. In reality though, if she shifted some blame onto Kasai it would probably be easier to get away with how she had lied about not knowing Iluq and that her ex would tell  her all about them if given a chance. 

“What do I get out of it?” Iluq asked, putting her hands on her hips and leaning defiantly forward towards Kasai. 

“I won’t beat your ass if you give it back. That’s what you get out of it.” Avani threatened, and reached for Iluq, but due to her decreased depth perception or because she’d spoken too soon, Iluq managed to dodge her hand and step out of reach. It felt odd when she had never had trouble catching the quick waterbender before. She shifted her foot, and sent a wave that made the ground shift under Iluq’s feet. The waterbender lost her balance and stumbled, but didn’t fall. 

“Fine, fine! She can have it back. I was just teasing.” Iluq shouted to make Avani stop, but she was hesitant about actually giving back anything that she’d rightfully stolen from a clueless target. Silly girl wouldn’t have known about it if Avani had stayed quiet. Things sure had changed since they used to spend every day together and rule the streets.

She put her hand into one of her pockets and took it back out with what she’d taken from Kasai, plus a bunch of coins and a few pieces of jewellry she’d gotten earlier the same day. She had a surprisingly large amount of pockets sewn into her clothing. It certainly helped to wear as little as possible to prey upon those who were distracted by an attractive young female. 

“Oh, we don’t really. It was a long time ago.” Avani told her girlfriend to make her think that their relationship had been nothing special. Did she need to lie? The worst part was the thought that Avani really believed what she was saying. 

“Haaa…” Iluq playfully punched Avani’s arm. “Well, it may have been a long time ago, but we were inseparable growing up. She made me think we’d be together forever, and then she stole my heart. I guess it wasn’t that valuable though, as she moved to another city without much of an explanation.”

Iluq words created an awkward silence, and she kind of wished she’d kept them to herself, but out of spite she wanted this new girl to hear about what had happened.