[Well naturally that's because Sokka is pretty distracted. Though now Sokka's sufficiently distracted from his own distractions, so he should be acting... mostly reasonable now, save that he does look a little tired.]

I was just getting lunch? They've got some pretty good food to be honest. And then I going to head back to work on the secret project.

[Sokka finally brings out the half Poké Ball that Ash lent to him out of his pocket, and he offers it back to Ash.]

By the by, I think I'm done with this, at least for now. Without tearing it apart to figure out how it works, I think I've gotten most everything I can use out of it.