Sokka, distraught by the fact that neither he nor anyone else in the group knows any practical information about the Fire Nation despite residing in "enemy territory", decides after some brainstorming that the most productive method of learning about the enemy is to observe them in their everyday lives. He leads the rest of Team Avatar to a market town, which is where he thinks he will see the Fire Nation's true colors. While strolling through the market, Toph correctly guesses that the innocent citizens of the town are simply there to shop in sarcastic protest to Sokka's ever-present paranoia.