To Aang this new voice of Sokka's sounds an awful lot like his fancy Mister Sokka Water-Tribe character, and so Aang can't help but fall right into his proper Avatar Aang role. He airbends himself back to standing, brushes non-existent dust from his clothing, before sitting back on the chair with a level of grace and dignity that one never sees on the boy.

"Thank you so much for making the time to see me on such short notice. I do hate to be a bother, after all, but you see..."

It was all so easy, this play pretend. It took the edge off the actual questions he had and made finding the answers a game.

"A dear friend of mine has found hi...themselves in a bit of a spot. Romantically. A romantic spot."