They're the original earthbenders. They're blind, like me.
[ Toph has told this story several times by now, but at this moment, in respect to Ange's wobbly tone and overwhelmed emotions, she tells a slightly different version. Her voice softens and she sounds nostalgic, grateful, even a little bittersweet. ]
When I was really little, I thought I was never going to be able to do anything or go anywhere, because that's what my parents told me. I knew I was an earthbender but I figured someone like me couldn't do anything with it.
[ She thinks Ange will identify with at least this part of the story. ]
One day I found the badger-moles. Or they found me? [ She smiles, reflective. ] I don't know if they sensed something in me -- as the original earthbenders, they're close to the spirit world -- but they accepted me. They let me stumble around them as a little kid until I figured out how they were doing it, how they were seeing.
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[ Toph has told this story several times by now, but at this moment, in respect to Ange's wobbly tone and overwhelmed emotions, she tells a slightly different version. Her voice softens and she sounds nostalgic, grateful, even a little bittersweet. ]
When I was really little, I thought I was never going to be able to do anything or go anywhere, because that's what my parents told me. I knew I was an earthbender but I figured someone like me couldn't do anything with it.
[ She thinks Ange will identify with at least this part of the story. ]
One day I found the badger-moles. Or they found me? [ She smiles, reflective. ] I don't know if they sensed something in me -- as the original earthbenders, they're close to the spirit world -- but they accepted me. They let me stumble around them as a little kid until I figured out how they were doing it, how they were seeing.
They opened up the whole world for me.