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Despite his elemental powers, Kai can still get burnt just like anyone else.
It’s a fact that the others didn’t (and still don’t) believe, even with all the evidence (the burn scars) to back it up.
He has burns on the palms of his hands that never are able to heal past particularly bad first degree burns and get significantly worse the more he uses his powers. That last thing the others didn’t know about, only Nya did.
After one particularly long mission, Nya and Kai were seated in the Bounty’s infirmary, Nya was wrapping her brother’s hands once again.
“You came too close to over-doing it today,” she told him as she tied off the bandage in his right hand.
“No, I didn’t,” he disagreed.
Nya sighed.
“Yes, you did ,” she gestured to the bandages on his hands, or rather what they covered. “Are testament to that - they were almost fourth-degree . That’s nearly the worst they’ve ever been,” she argued. “You need to tell them , Kai, or at least do something about it,” Nya told him.
“No, they aren’t ‘almost the worst they’ve ever been’ and I can’t tell them,” Kai told her.
“Why not?”
“Because, I just can’t, they don’t get hurt by their own elements, only I do,” he explained.
“Fine, don’t then. Have you at least asked Dad about it? I don’t think his Fire ever burnt him,” Nya asked.
“I haven’t exactly...talked to him in months, and never about my Fire,”
“Well, maybe you should,” With that, Nya stood up and left to go find either or both of her boyfriends to annoy.