[He nods.] Sorry. I didn't mean to complicate things, or make it sound like I was questioning your perception of it all... [Because it came across like that, he knows. He put her on the defensive, and made her bring up things that he could tell made her uncomfortable, even if she kept a straight face through it. Troublesome.]

I know it was a joke. That's why I couldn't let it go. I appreciate what you were trying to do, so thank you. [Normally he'd take such an out.] But I can't allow myself to think in such a way.

[He's making a note of these names she's mentioning though, even if some he's heard before.

Azula. Zhao. Long Feng. Someday he'll ask her more about them.]