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Toph didn't go into the pizza party. Partly because she doesn't know what a pizza is, partly because the linoleum on the kitchen floor makes everything annoyingly out of focus, but mostly because she wanted to be on her own. It seems she wants to do that a lot these days.
She surveyed the bunker: fixed some structural damage, reinforced it, expanded a little. But then she ends up crouched on the edge, toes curling against the rock, head bowed.
She could be accused of staring into space, except she doesn't really stare anywhere.
She surveyed the bunker: fixed some structural damage, reinforced it, expanded a little. But then she ends up crouched on the edge, toes curling against the rock, head bowed.
She could be accused of staring into space, except she doesn't really stare anywhere.
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"So," Toph continues, "why are you so nervous?"
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Pause. Swallow.
...he could lie, but lying is wrong and bad, and he really wants to distance himself from wrong and bad at the moment.
Also he considers himself to be terrible at it.
"...Family trouble," says Gabriel at last.
It's true so far as it goes.
"And, um. A lot of people don't like me."
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"Why not?"
The people of the Earth kingdom are direct, sturdy and unmoving, and Toph is the greatest of the lot.
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"Well, I don't know what you look like."
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Then he actually, well, looks at her.
"--Oh."
Awkward situation: getting awkwarder.
Shuffleshuffle.
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"Yeah, well done."
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Mouth open.
Mouth shut.
...he's pretty much trying to disappear through sheer force of will now.
His embarrassment: let him show you it.
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"Whatever."
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Which is why he's scurrying away, blushing like a tomato. Not that she can see that, but it's possible they're feeling the heat in Antarctica.