[ Toph is far from a bending-supremacist and she herself would rate getting up over and over again as far and above the most important quality a person can have. There's a reason she immediately gravitated to letting Zuko join their little group.
Her earthbending senses aren't acute enough yet to catch subtle body language, so Toph appreciates the verbalization. ]
In what I remember I can make whole buildings come up out of the ground. [ She gesticulates wildly in passionate urgency, mimicking the bending poses she's felt herself take in those flashes. Toph comes closer to stand nearby but is too worked up to sit. ] I can do a little, just...
[ Swallowing hard, she implores in a softer tone: ] Don't laugh if it takes me a few tries to show you.
[ Blind and powerless, Toph is used to having little recourse to school people who want to make fun of her. She's desperate to regain even a fraction of the ability to command respect that she recalls. ]
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Her earthbending senses aren't acute enough yet to catch subtle body language, so Toph appreciates the verbalization. ]
In what I remember I can make whole buildings come up out of the ground. [ She gesticulates wildly in passionate urgency, mimicking the bending poses she's felt herself take in those flashes. Toph comes closer to stand nearby but is too worked up to sit. ] I can do a little, just...
[ Swallowing hard, she implores in a softer tone: ] Don't laugh if it takes me a few tries to show you.
[ Blind and powerless, Toph is used to having little recourse to school people who want to make fun of her. She's desperate to regain even a fraction of the ability to command respect that she recalls. ]