Katara calmed the slow anger rising in her. She knew Asuna by Negi's recollections: she was a bit of a violent girl, and had a tendency to lose her temper violently toward people. She had learned to calm her temper a long time ago, and Asuna was probably under that virus, so she had to forgive it.

She just couldn't think of that when she saw Matt like that.

"There's a virus going around the City," Katara said. "It's started making people angry, more aggressive, and its had to be quarrantined along with other people. That was probably why she acted like that."

Which she was saying more for herself than for matt, whens he was honest.

"What was that about her being a princess?"