"The whole reason I ran away was to get as far from that life as I could! Why would I go through all that only to go and tell you who I was?" Katsu retorted, throwing his hands up in exasperation, "And like you would have believed me! The only reason you bought my story just now is because I bended! I never would have shown you that if I didn't have to, so you'd never have trained me. I'd just be some thief that ran into you now and again, that's all." No way was he going to be the one to blame here, he had tried to keep all of this from happening. If he had his way then he wouldn't have even gone to that restaurant, he'd be home right now and the White Lotus would be none the wiser. Once more trying to rid himself of the water on him, Katsu brought out a little bit of fire, using it to try and evaporate the liquids.

"Didn't you just see me fight them? I know what I'm doing, I don't [i]need[/i] a guard," Katsu snapped back, "And don't go blaming me for what happened, I tried to keep you out of it. I tried bringing them down here to fight, but you chased me. How is it my fault that you couldn't stay out of my business?" Seriously, just what was Siku on about? And why did she care so damn much? Just because he was the Avatar? Earlier she wouldn't have given him the time of day, but now because he was someone special she suddenly started giving a darn? This was why he hated being who he was, people just cared about what he was, not him personally.

For people who were saying they wanted to help these three sure weren't making his life any easier. He had places he could go, namely his own hideout and the several safe houses all over the city. He had planned for this sort of thing, and if he could only get a move on then he could get his plans underway. Instead of being allowed some peace and quiet however now he was being told where he was going, not having any of it. Looking over at Hiresh he frowned, letting out a scoff as he supported the Air Temple idea. "VIP eh? Oh I'm soooo honored," he said sarcastically, then when insulted his face reddened and he stomped his foot, pointing up at the taller boy angrily. "Hey! I know how to bend perfectly fine, and I can fight well enough to beat these creeps! I am not your responsibility, and don't call me the Avatar!" Ugh, they were already starting with it! Though he loathed when Hiresh scrutinized his every move he almost missed that right now, preferring being looked down upon as a thief over this. Hearing the officer make the claim he'd tag along all the thief could do was groan, scuffing his shoe on the pavement angrily. 

Of all the people present right now Asha was not the best person to be trying to talk to him. They had only just met not an hour ago and she still hardly knew a thing about him, so what right did she have? Annoyed as he wanted to be with her she was rather nice, almost overbearingly so, and he couldn't find it in himself to snap at her as he had the others. "I don't know... You don't exact trust a ton of people in my line of work to begin with," Katsu responded, sighing as he folded his arms over his chest, "I've got a few people who I know would never stab me in the back though, and that's all I need. I can make due with only a handful." There were about four members of his gang who he trusted irrevocably, and he could head to one of the safe houses with them until this mess blew over.

"Excitement? Right... This is an absolute blast," Katsu grumbled, frowning as he looked over at Siku. This was all her doing, everything would be totally fine if he'd just not been stopped earlier by her. "So then, princess, what are we doing? I'd make the decision but evidently I lost all my autonomy when I ran into you." He was going to try getting to the hideout regardless of what they decided here, just to let those few know what was going on. He wouldn't say he was the Avatar of course, but he'd let them know he was going into hiding for a bit. "And look, I have to go to my hideout, I've got to let everyone know and grab some stuff. Come if you have to, but we're going there."