Siku crossed her arms, "Make it up to yourself, ass.  I've known you for [i]years![/i]"  She exclaimed, "You think I'd go tell my dad on you?  Please, I could have had the Avatar as my friend all this time - could've taught you waterbending myself!"  She pointed out in agitation, "But no, that ship sailed!  Goodbye, best teacher ever.  Hello pain-in-the-ass-friend-you-like-to-lie-to-about-your-entire-life-as-she-knows-it!"  The girl took a deep inhale, clearly running out of breath mid-sentence.  As she spoke and the next plan was discussed, the girl lifted an orb of water from the sewer line and it began to bubble in the air, giving off a lot of wretched smelling steam.  However, it quickly turned to a perfect, clear complexion and formed into a long, curved shape before flashing to ice in the form of a blade which she artfully caught and hooked through the belt of her dress.  It didn't look quite so ceremonious as her real one, but it would hold up well and, as she had no waterskin, made a nice substitute for carrying the water.

She turned to Katsu, "You're not going anywhere without guard.  How do you know who you can trust apart from the ones that fought with you - whose lives [i]you[/i] already put in danger, I might add, without them even knowing who you were."  Her arms crossed once more in irritation as she stared daggers at him.  She brushed a hand through her hair, fruitlessly shaking it out.  Still damp...  Ironic how water could make life so much harder than it needed to be, but so much easier.

While Siku was making her blade, Hiresh shook his head at Katsu, "You're a VIP now, at least... while Siku vouches for who you are."  The metal bender clearly didn't like it any more than Katsu did, "No, it doesn't make you some perfect guy.  It makes you some dude who needs to be protected while he's still a little pipsqueak weakling who can bend on what looked like barely a beginner's level up in the restaurant...  So yes, I'm going to work toward helping you, but no, I don't like it.  You don't want my help? Too bad, it's my job.  You don't want to go to the station?  Fine, I can't make you anyway, but until this is sorted out, you're life is my responsibility, Avatar Katsu," He almost physically shuddered at the boy's new title, "I don't work for you, I'm just here to make sure nobody gets the better of you."  The man didn't care about the badge that was thrown away anymore either.  "You want to risk going back to your hideout? Fine, but I'm going too," He said with absolute certainty.

Siku looked at the small airbender and nodded, "She's not wrong, that'd be a pretty good place to go...  Or just outside the city...  I don't see how going to a hideout of thieves is going to be a very good idea..."  She shrugged and stared at him, "Wherever you wanna go, Bridge Boy."  Finally, she turned to her shorter friend with a look of concern, "Asha, are you sure you're okay?  Can't believe this night turned into such a disaster..."