[ Lots of people fight with Korra on a regular schedule. It's a sign of affection. Probably. But wow, Mako hasn't been noticeably rude! Either his brother's been on his best social behavior, the girls have been an incredible buffer, or Captain Ace is just really, really awesome. Maybe all three?

He loves his brother, really. Friendly's just a delicate thing to pull from him.

Bolin also doesn't even understand this "talking properly with" someone idea. That's more because he's never considered it and just said things pretty much in real-time with their appearance in his thoughts, though. ]

Haha, yeah, she's great, isn't she? [ CLEARLY. Bolin's got all his priorities totally appropriately ordered here. A+. ] I mean, yeah, Salami's probably the worst name I've ever heard? But it's a good effort! When push comes to shove, Asami's not bad at doing fun stuff like that. And she's so used to dealing with fancy stuff that she'd probably be pretty convincing if she wanted to sound like a professional! I mean, that all just. That just sounds like it fell right into place.

[ ... he kind of wonders if she can cook a lot of different things. Like, he never actually thought to ask her about her extensive history with eating and cooking. Lots of business or deep family betrayals or pro-bending or world-saving going down. Huh. ]