Somewhere, somehow, Ouka finds the tact to lower her voice. "You know how over the top Sokka is," she insists, her whisper devolving into a hiss as she goes. "He's probably thinking he has a trick of his own to damage the old ship, and he's going to give it to that little girl because she's blind and he feels sorry for her, but things like that always blow up right in his face!"

"Did I not mention she can detect lies?" Sokka asks, hype-man instinct firmly back in place. "Toph's kind of amazing like that. We seriously would not have made it out of the Fire Nation capital alive if it wasn't for her. We probably would not have made it in."

He can see Ouka's excitement heat up as he throws that out. Like a tiger-shark smelling a cloud of blood, she can't think of anything else except getting what she wants.

"Omi, I'm going, with or without you," she declares.