"As if I had a choice on that, all of my teachers there were awful," Katsu remarked, frowning as he looked out towards the waterfront, "They were impatient, like they expected me to pick it up right away just because I was the Avatar. Fire Bending is easy, Earth bending I've been practicing, but even then it hasn't been much. So yeah, I'm my own teacher." He still really didn't understand the finer points of Earth Bending at all, and he likely wouldn't until he got a proper teacher; Republic City probably had a whole slew of potential masters for him, but with the recent events driving him from his home he couldn't well go seek them out now. Hearing Yakedo make an apology for everything that had happened, the thief showed little interest at first, perking up only when he mentioned his resignation from his position.

"What...? You're disbanding? But then... What's going to happen to the organization? And what do you mean it's two separate things? Just what's going on?" This was all horribly confusing, there was the overwhelming notion something bigger was happening and it was frustrating that he didn't know what it was. Furrowing his brow as he folded his arms he tried to think of the fights today, trying to pick out anything that might support what his former master was saying. Sure, he'd dealt with some lousy White Lotus members before, but they'd never tried to borderline kill him. Was it really possible that their organization was so corrupted? And why target him like that, what were they after? None of this made any sense, his head was beginning to ache simply under the pressure of trying to understand it all.

Unnerving as everything else already was, what Yakedo had to add to it made Katsu feel a hundred times worse. Hearing that his friends couldn't stay at their homes either made his heart sink, his breath catching in his throat as he stared down at the sand at his feet. So not only could he not go home, but now neither could they? Sure, maybe he wasn't exactly close with any of them, but he knew how lousy it was to not be able to go home and would never wish that on anyone else. What was he to tell them then? 'Hey, sorry you got mixed up with me but you're not allowed home anymore! Also your family might be in danger!' Great way to thank the people who had helped you escape capture today, there was no easy way for him to tell them this. "Great... So I ruined Siku and Asha's lives then, all because of being the damn Avatar..." Katsu said, his tone thick with disdain as he clenched his hands into fists, "See? Every time word gets out what I am, something bad happens. I had to leave home the first time, now other people are paying for it too. This is why I shouldn't be the Avatar, this is why I [i]can't[/i] be the Avatar. The world doesn't need one, and all I've done so far is cause trouble for everyone."

Tch, just a suggestion, sure. Siku and Asha could be dragged off and interrogated, maybe worse if they stayed, like hell it was just a suggestion. How awful he felt for uprooting their lives like this... Yakedo was telling him everything he knew already too, just how much he owed to the others for making it out today. Sure, he could fight off a few members on his own, but goodness knows how many there had been and how well trained they were; chances were more likely than not that he would have been beaten and taken away were it not for their intervention, and for what? He was just a thief up until earlier, a common criminal and a punk who stole because he thought it was fun, so why did they stick their necks out for him? He didn't deserve that, and after forcing them to leave their lives behind he definitely didn't deserve it now. With an unbearable weight setting upon him, Katsu slowly sat down in the sand, pulling his knees up to his chest and wrapping his arms around them as he stared out at the ocean for a silent moment.

"It's all my fault... They're going to have to run away because of me, they don't deserve that..." Hiresh could stay, but he was likely going to be in danger now because of his involvement. What if something happened to him? Katsu knew nothing of the people that were after him nor how strong they might be, but there was a very frightening and real possibility someone may be killed to get to him. The thought of anyone having to suffer for him to remain free was a gut-wrenching thought. "Wait! My parents!" the Avatar exclaimed, getting to his feet abruptly and looking at Yakedo frightfully, "What about them, are they okay?! Have these people done anything to them?!" No no no, they had to be okay! But they had tracked him all the way here, tried to capture him in broad daylight, so what stopped these people from going after his family? Trembling slightly he felt tears threatening the corners of his eyes, reaching out and grabbing his master's shirt, "Please tell me they're okay..."