Hey, do you expect Sokka to feel sorry about this one? Nuh uh. There's no sorry to be had. Gripe at him later all you want; Sokka will be totally happy to either not listen or follow up the boomerang with some sarcasm.

"Stay with him? Well, yes... and no. These tunnels are complex, and we've chosen one of the more windy paths to get through here," Sokka says as he shows Katara and the others are particularly complex series of tubes hallways. "While we are chalking the path we took, there's no guarantee we won't be forced to follow a different path on the way back.

"What's more, there's no way of knowing if you'll be found out down here in the middle of the tunnel or not. And I'd hate for anyone to run into a group of those creepy cultists on their own." He waves his hands all spookily at that for emphasis. "If he doesn't wake soon, I'm with Iroh; someone should get him back to the Hotel." He's clearly looking at his sister since, in effect, she was volunteering.