I still can't figure out what was gaining him weird looks from everyone. Did I miss something?

It's possible, since I didn't come right out and say it.

Hakoda, on discovering how a colony peasant had landed on Zuko's ship, was rightly worried - when the Dragon of the West hires a ten-year-old boy to take over supply, it's best to keep an eye on that child.

So he had Kouji tested, trying to determine how smart that child is.

Answer: Very smart. It isn't the earthbending that makes Kouji dangerous. It's how well he understands advanced mathematics that a boy his age has no business doing.

He and his men are also realising just how lucky they are that that boy was mishandled. Between his smarts and his bending, had he been discovered sooner... well.

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Ah. Ok I thought it might have something to do with that but didn't figure on everyone in the camp knowing about it.

I'd love to see Kouji become a master strategist or something. :D

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