[ Oh no, making her feel bad is the opposite of what he wanted. Not that he's... sure exactly what he did want to come out of this, he guesses. It's a really new territory. This falls really far onto the side of Negative Stuff, and he's normally fine not to be over here, because it's not like he really has much to complain about.

But he's not Hannah Montana. No one can just constantly have the best of both worlds. ]

Yeah. Yeah, sorry. You're right. [ He saw the general damage, when Appa made it back to the castle. It obviously wasn't an easy trip out for the scenery. Anyone would've been hard-pressed to find time for running commentary. And they found out after the fact, at least, which is... still something. (And he's not going to ask if she'd have mentioned it at all if they hadn't been to the Royal Audience, because he thinks he'd probably not want to know that answer.) Bolin rubs the back of his neck. ] If there's a next time something like that happens, maybe... maybe just call a rain check and tell me later?

[ Because he's pretty easy. The when doesn't really matter as much as there being a when. ]