[Sokka may not be being manipulative here, but it's the right tack to take with Jaime, and it certainly distracts him from the questions and problems he has with this little revolution.

His frown changes into something a little less annoyed, a little more sympathetic.]

Yeah. I hear you. I miss my parents too, and - heh, my sister too, but don't let her hear you repeating that. [He ducks his head, his twitching lips the only evidence of his attempt at a joke. God, what he'd give to see them just for one day. Just one.]

But I hope I keep missing them. They can't be here, in the middle of all this.