Sokka: I'm saying you're an optimist. Same thing, basically.
Sokka: We better find some solid ground before it finds us.
Sokka: See, the problem with the old war balloon was you could get it airborne, but once you did, it just kept going. You could put a hole in the top, but then the hot air would escape. So the question became, how do you keep a lid on the hot air?