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Platonic soulmates
Kiri claims him as her platonic partner when she's like 16 as a way to establish him as part of her family
At first it causes some raised eyebrows, people suspecting they are more than friends or something shady is happening until it is clear Spider is content with his respective partner and they are content with just having their brother at her side
They each have a little matching braid in their hair with beads for the other, it's a little reminder and a little claim when nothing in their lives are stable
They are also best friends with Lo'ak and act as a trio but he's more popular and less of a "village freak" so to speak and so their dynamic has always been a little bit different
Before she was born, Spider was always intrigued by Grace and her pregnancy. He would curl up by her tank with his toys or tablet, babbling to the tank and to the sister he didn't yet know was his
The occasional floating visitor kept Neytiri from separating him from Grace and later baby Kiri
They have about a 2 year age gap but it's not exact with Na'vi aging
Kiri was convinced braiding Spiders hair would create a tswin if they tried hard enough as a small child
Spider didn't really get it but let her play with his hair whenever she wanted, just liking the attention and the soft touches
Spider had a crush on her for about a year when they were 12 and 10 but later realized it was moreso just a lot of care he didn't know how to process
Kiri is the reason Spider learned what love is
Lo'ak and Kiri grew up tag teaming Jake and Neytiri with comments about their 'other brother' or 'Dads human kid' in attempts to get them to accept Spider as family
It sort of worked on Jake but scared Neytiri more
Kiri is the only one who can always find Spider when he runs off, but Spider is takes hours trying to find them when the rolls are reversed
It helps them both to know that someone always comes looking
Neytiri reluctantly lets it be that Kiri added a bead to her and their siblings songchords for Spider
Spider thinks Kiri is the strongest person he's ever met (though if you ask he'll say Jake)
She was who kept coming to mind when the RDA tried to search his mind and he had to blur her face and voice until he could barely remember them for fear of what it could mean for them
Their relationship is how Jake learned of platonic bonds in Na'vi culture and how valued they are in their society
It's also part of why he starts trying to bring Spider into the family more and more as the kids grow older
Spider thinks that Kiri will want him around less after Neteyam is shot but she leans on him tenfold
They're one anothers anchor
Kiri forgives Spider for saving Quaritch but its something they're never able to completely forget
On the same page, they never forgive Neytiri for pulling them away when Spider was taken and places blame on themself and their mother on bad days since they didn't go back
Kiri is the only one who really knows what humans can and cannot have of the Na'vi - she had to learn since Lo'ak and Spider kept daring one another to do stupid things
Kiri hates the dreads and ends up twisting and braiding his hair with Rotxo when they get to Awa'talu
Spider and Rotxo dye Kiri's tips red like her mothers with berries and paint - which almost got them killed by Neytiri but Kiri loved it
When Rotxo starts courting Spider, Kiri helps him by adding some of Rotxo's stripes to his paint (it's the first pattern that wasn't hers he ever wears)
Spider spends days with Kiri gathering gifts when Kiri tries to pursue their first real relationships
He also dyes the girls tail red with his hair dye knowledge when she breaks Kiri's heart