"I wouldn't put it past the kedan to create a mess if given the opportunity," Sokka says tentatively, "but I think the gangs would entirely prefer to avoid an all-out war with things. It's just a matter of positioning ourselves comfortably between the three of them without offending anyone too much, and then we can just go from there. We just have to be better than they are." Easier said than done, right?

"Karma, yeah, that's pretty much what it is. Don't know how I wound up with so much bad karma, but... can't do anything about it. All you can do is work it off, I suppose." He gives a shrug to that, as if it's largely non-important. Of course, it is, and Sokka will still complain loudly about that. "But you're right, Taraja wants better for us. So let's get going."

Sokka gives him a brief smile before turning off away from the celebration. The time for planning is nigh!