Sokka makes another face at him and shrugs. "How should I know? But if I come back here to any more nieces or nephews, I'm hunting you down."

It's light teasing, continued because Dean seems to be agreeable to it.

But there's a blue stone in his palm and he flicks the cigarette to the ground and steps on it, the smile leaving his face.

"...I need to talk to Mel."