Toph sighed dolefully, dramatically, wondering vaguely if she would make a good actress. "I don't know how to read. What if I get a letter someday and no one's around to read it to me?" She frowned sadly and blew her bangs out of her eye. She grinned in the general direction of Katara, then directed her attention back to the two boys in front of her.
"It's quite sad, really." She told them, looking miserable, then with that she turned around and walked off. The remaining two glanced at each other, then smiled, as the same thought struck each of them.
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"Sooo... Toph," Aang began cheerfully, directing a trademark cheesy grin at the small earthbending girl beside him. ""You don't know how to read."
Said girl looked grumpy. "Well, like, duh." She replied sharply. She started walking away slowly, seemingly ignoring the happy airbender.
Aang's grin didn't waver a bit. "Sooo…"
Toph spun around, her blind eyes glaring at him mercilessly. "Yes?" She smiled back at him.
"Well, uhh… Sokka and I will, uhh… help you with that." And without further ado, Aang took advantage of the girl's stunned silence, grabbed her shoulders, and propelled her towards the rock where Sokka was sitting, strange beard and all.
With a gust of air, Sokka was on the ground, and Aang was gently pushing Toph onto the boulder. The two stood in front of her, both looking incredibly pleased.
Silence.
"How exactly are you two planning on teaching me how to read?" Toph's voice cut through the air. She almost laughed. Really.
The grins fell to the earth and shattered into a million pieces.
"That... we didn't think about too much," Sokka informed her, twirling his beard, beside him, Aang scratching his head awkwardly.
Toph looked at them quietly.
"You two are..."
She stamped her foot.
"So buried."
And that was the end of that.