"Well, I'm a warrior. It's my job to be good at this. So I have to practice a lot, right? I mean, when my dad and all the other men were off in the war, I had to protect the village, hunt, fish..." He sighed.

"But yeah. Practice is very important. No matter what weapon you're using." Sokka seemed a bit distracted now, probably by thoughts of home and what he'd had to do.

"I need to get in more practice with my spear and war club...been concentrating a lot on my sword lately."