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"You know, you see a whole lot more if you just close your eyes." Toph spoke suddenly.

"It's not like it changes anything for you. You can't see even with your eyes open."

She looked away, "I'm serious."

I nodded, "Sorry, what do you mean?"

"You're always so focused on your scar; I can't see it, so really I don't care about it. I know how you feel about your scar though and I know how other people feel about your scar, but if you close your eyes suddenly it doesn't matter if you have a scar. It doesn't matter what someone looks like, it doesn't matter what you look like." She paused, "try it Zuko, close your eyes."

We stopped walking, I looked at her uncertainly. "I don't know about this."

She nodded encouragingly. "Just close your eyes and don't think about what people are, think about who they are, think of what the sky would be like if you had never seen it." Then she spoke quieter, "imagine what it's like to be me."

I hesitated before closing my eyes, if I didn't care that I didn't have a scar then I doubt that I would have been as angry as I had been, that was one of the things that made me so angry. Everywhere I went people looked at my scar, people judged me by my scar, people who didn't even know me.

My scar was a sign that I meant nothing to my father, doing nothing more then marking me as a banished prince. I sighed.

The people I knew were different on the outside then they were on the inside, even Toph, who said she only cared about people on the inside could sometimes be viewed as a lie. Katara had told me of a time when her and Toph had gone and gotten their makeup done and some girls had said that it was good makeup for a clown. Katara said Toph said she didn't care, but she said that it was obvious that she did. That moment proved that Toph did care what other people thought.

"Are you done yet Sparky?"

I smiled, "You know Toph, if it means anything, you're really pretty."

She blushed, punching me in the arm, "thanks."

It's short. Very short. That's okay though. I kinda like this, kinda not.

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