[He laughs good-naturedly.] Sure sounds like it. None of my family's here, but a lot of my friends are. There's Luke and Mr. Asch, Ion, Tear, Anise, Guy, and some other people from our world I've gotten to meet - like Florian and Arietta, and Nephry.

[He's very liberal with the word "friend".]

Sokka, huh? I actually help out part-time at the smithy with him. But back home I pilot an airship. There's a lot of maintenance involved, so not only do I get to fly it, but we've got a whole team of people who make sure everything's running properly and there aren't any worn or broken parts.