"I saw you and I'll make sure other people know what happened if I have to. There's no excuse for willful ignorance on the ship. The more people look for things not to like, the worse we get in ship morale. We can't afford to continue doing the same stupid thing we do every time something like this happens."

They didn't owe the other anything, but Katara refused to let lies circulate about what really happened.

"Ok," she said. "In that case, I'm going to have to do a full on heal: I'll need my artifact for that. But I won't do it if you refuse. I'd just rather you get better soon. Claire is worried about you."