"Oh..." Well then, it had been that long. Sokka looked back slowly, trying to decide if he was over being upset with Shika for just going off like that! But he had come back, even if it had been an hour, so that was good.

He let Shika say what he wanted to, then spoke again himself, "Yeah, I kind of figured that much." He wasn't so sure of it being an apology, but for someone like Shika, that might've been the best he would get. In some ways the guy was like Zuko, only less likely to throw a fireball at you when angered. And Sokka already knew how hard it was for Zuko to even interact with others, let alone people who were supposed to be friends.

Sighing, Sokka turned himself all the way back. "But hey, it happens. Doesn't mean you should run off because of a conversation though," Sokka scolded, shaking his finger a little, "That won't make it any better, keeping it all locked up. It's like my Gran Gran always says - you can't deal with everything on your own." He left out the part about how you'd end up paralyzed by a fish, but hey, this was a much different scenario than when Sokka had earned that pearl of knowledge.