Korra wondered for some time why Mako had liked Asami. She was rich and prissy, beautiful and kind, smart and ambitious. Perhaps Korra actually did understand on second thought.
Tenzin’s silly message rattled in the Avatar’s brain during her time away from Republic City: Distance makes the heart grow fonder. He had meant it in terms of familial love, but the longing Korra felt now was not that for her parents.
No, instead it was for the sophisticated woman who drove her down the pier of the city, with a vibrant smile and flushed cheeks. She longed for Asami Sato.