He nodded. "If they don't have armor at the clothing shop, I'd really appreciate you pointing the way toward the smithy, then." Chouji would probably be happy to pick up a few basic weapons as well, even if he wasn't as weapon-dependent as many of his fellow shinobi.

Chouji laughed softly at Aang's question. "Some of mine aren't quite as big a secret." After all, every Akimichi wore the kanji for food, in tribute to the tool that allowed them to use their jutsu. When you wore the key to your techniques on your chest on your way into battle, it became less important to avoid telling people about it. The pills were a clan secret, and the execution of certain techniques, but avoiding those didn't impede general discussion. "My clan can convert calories to chakra. We have to eat well and make sure our body weight doesn't get too low, because that energy is what we use for our techniques."