[ Toph is who she is and she isn't waiting for permission or asking for forgiveness. Sometimes that's abrasive, but a lot of the time it's refreshingly straightforward. She's not looking to prove anything and she doesn't mind going out of her way to help people. ]

I think almost a year by now? [ She's not exactly keeping track, but it is her birthday around this time of year so Toph has recently been forced to consider it must be getting close to a year. She'd shown up only a couple months after turning thirteen. ] Don't take the premise too seriously. It's not like they're literally putting us in prison or whatever. Things can suck, but we still have, like, houses and friends and jobs.

[ Toph isn't going to sugar-coat life in Aldrip, but she also comes from a world that recently wrapped up a century-long war, and she's been to Lake Laogai, among other places. She has a real sense of perspective for her age on what constitutes a prison. ]