"I'm hardly worrying about you as a mother hen... I'm just making sure the man paying for my current home doesn't get killed."

He watched her as she prepared dinner, "I didn't worry about you at all until I saw you needed to be healed, hardly a mother hen," she said as she rose her spoon to her lips. She smiled at him. She nodded her head, "I was rather lucky with the woman... I was slightly surprised she was so willing to help me... with everything."

he took her bowl and sat down and began to eat. " Say what you want." He said with a smile. 

She tucked her hair behind her ear, "So... Where did you get the cuts and bruises from?" 

He paused as he ate, looking at her. He finished his bite and said slowly." I ran into a group on the way home." Looking her in the eye. "The same guys who tried to hurt you... I just made sure they wouldn't try again if they had a chance. Couldn't let that happen." 

He finished his noodles and smiled. " thank you for the food." He got up and started doing the dishes " it was an airbender... They are dirty thiefs that roam the world stealing and killing...taking what they want and don't care about anyone but themselves..."