[ This is exactly what she needs. Toph levers herself fully upright, folding her arms loosely as she thinks it through. ]

She wasn't out of control or anything-- she came after me. It was like she didn't care about Ange at all. We knocked over a building but I made sure we didn't hurt anyone this time.

[ There's that echo of that time with the miasma again... Toph pushes past it. ]

I haven't fought another bender in like a year now, [ Toph grumps, admitting to this unhappily, ] so she caught me off guard. That won't happen again.