[ She pauses. She hadn't considered just wrapping her feet lightly, so she gets some insulation but can hypothetically still feel the ground. ]

That might work, [ she admits, not begrudgingly but because it will require testing.

Toph immediately snatches up a roll of gauze and plunks herself down right on the dusty floor littered with scattered medical supplies from her searching. She starts wrapping a few layers over one tiny calloused foot as she responds, pausing intermittently to test her earthbending sensitivity through it by flexing her ankle to place the bottom of her foot flat on the floor. Toph highly respects sarcasm so she is not put off in the least by their exchange, and he'd actually been helpful already. ]

I'd take anything that can start a fire quickly, too. I keep having to take breaks while I'm out there and it sucks starting one on my own.

[ The one thing firebenders are good for, and none of them around... ]