Having Ikki in on it as well makes it a little bit easier, makes him feel a touch less awkward in light of everything. It's not entirely unlike looking at Korra and once in a while being entirely aware that she's his father reborn. Katara, who is not entirely his mother but who holds her family in such high regard, very different but almost the same on some fundamental level.
[ action ] I'll get a hug icon one of these days
Having Ikki in on it as well makes it a little bit easier, makes him feel a touch less awkward in light of everything. It's not entirely unlike looking at Korra and once in a while being entirely aware that she's his father reborn. Katara, who is not entirely his mother but who holds her family in such high regard, very different but almost the same on some fundamental level.
There have been worse hugs in the world. ]