Well. Hopefully she'll quickly find there's nothing like politics here. There are certainly individuals with strength to match hers-- intelligence, too. [firmly] She's only a prisoner in this place, just like everyone else.

[You know, for some reason-- he just doesn't like just talking to Katara through the journals. And since he's already in town-- holed up in the library after slipping out of the Straw Hat house in the afternoon--]

...Katara, do you mind if I stop by?