The flailing earned a bit more deadpan staring.

And then Algren raised his free hand and ruffled Sokka's hair again for good measure before easing off and pulling himself to his feet.

"I'll take that 'quit it' as an unconditional surrender," he replied, smirking faintly as he put his sleeve to his face. "It is, after all, synonymous with the word 'stop.'"