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[Ash, are you really going to do this to Sokka? Are you really? Because Sokka is going to give Ash a momentary dirty look for that suggestion.]

Well, don't you have other non-broken Poké Balls to take a peek at to see if it's got something to plug into? [After all, if the explanation Ash gave him was legit, he should have at least three functional Poké Balls. They can test this here and now without having to speculate.

[But still, Sokka feels like he's got a plan, even if it's a rudimentary and hand-wavey plan.]