"Er... well..." Bolin stammers at the insinuation that Bolin's got a good job. He touches his two forefingers together before him and gives him a bit of a grimace. "You know, I'm... not exactly all that rich just yet. Even if the last two years have kind of taken a big turn for the better, I'm still... sometimes just scraping by, y'know. I guess it just helps that I've been travelling with the Avatar and all when she wants to go places."

And the benevolence of strangers. Asami's deep pocketbooks and Tenzin's free housing has been nice too.