[Jurinjo]

Taku was feeling anger shifting towards this water bender. She may have been old and maybe wise. But she was arrogant in her old age. She was pompous, over-controling, and lacking any trait of understanding. He wanted to lash out at her as well but bit his tongue. Taku took a breath to steady himself before he spoke.

"Excuse me Lady Okena I don't want to cross a line and disrespect you." he said first with a natural bow that came with his earlier years under the tutelage of the monks in the air temples. Taku's carefully guided words held like steel but Taku's eyes wavered as he held back his own feelings of rage against the elder.

"I wouldn't dare say Tayu's carelessness is excusable. But in your anger did you even consider she didn't really realize how inconsiderate she was being? Shouldn't you have acted better than yelling and snatching her food like a child yourself? I've been taught to respect an elder but the by the way you acted I don't know if you are worth showing more than common courtesy ma'am no matter what position you hold in the political sphere. Have a nice day."

The last statement probably didn't sound like he meant what the words were supposed to convey. But hell he was upset too. He grabbed Tayu by the arm, firmly but in no way harshly, and started for the ports. Republic City always had a way of running him into people who could just plain piss him off. 'Another day, another enemy' he thought with a inner sigh and crossed the Northern Water tribe off his list of places to visit. He wanted to get out and somewhere with less people. Maybe he could go to the Air Temple on the island west of here...Tayu may have been residing there and Taku had never been in his life.