[Korra, only one of the two of you has 'natural good cheer'. Guess which one that is.]

[Also it's kind of... strange carrying on a conversation with Korra that doesn't involve reprimanding her or disagreeing with her for once.]

A shot fired in a firefight wouldn't constitute an assassination, Korra, when the other party fired the opening salvo. [... Even now, apparently, the only way he really knows how to interact with her is to quibble and correct.]

[... Gee, this isn't familiar at all.]