[In the back of Sokka's head, the odds of actually figuring out how to fix the one Poké ball using just a scrap of an existing one is certainly a long shot, but at the very least having this one would not only give him something to do but also be a necessary possible first step to reverse engineering the thing.]

Well, at least it wasn't worse. You must have better luck than me. Still, knowing how they work is half the battle, right?

Just don't give whoever it was any false ideas that I can fix everything tomorrow.

[He's usually not super optimistic about things, but he remembers his time at the Northern Air Temple faced with a number of half-solved problems, and he can't help but want to give it a shot.]