"If your feeding leads to that kind of result, it's all on you, sorry."

Steph is getting hip-checked and grinned at. Sokka's very serious about this threat regarding nobody-owns-the-kraken. "I had some projects to work on, but they can wait. When do you wanna go?"

It's not that the projects aren't important or aren't being asked for. It's just that Sokka never has seen much use for a zepellin, no matter how many times Mel's asked for it. But that doesn't mean he can ignore her forever, so there's an in-progress frame work in the barn.