Katara remained quiet as he spoke, though there was a flicker of surprise in her eyes when she saw the slight lift in the corners of his lips. A smile? This night was just getting stranger and stranger.

But as he talked about his feelings after waking up in the infirmary, another thought popped into her mind. "You didn't smash the plant in anger or anything, did you?" Her eyes swept over the common area, her stomach dropping a bit when she couldn't find the pot. "It took me a long time to sift through all those seeds to try and remember which ones you planted, you know."