#10
She told everyone she went to practice earthbending outside the wall, but she is really smashing her feelings.
She does not know what to do with feelings other than destroy them.
Obliterating boulders with her forehead and punching her bare fists through rocks reminds her that she is independent.
She is the strongest person she knows, no doubt.
She is the greatest earthbender in the world, without contest. She is a force all her own.
The sensation of solid earth yielding at her will keeps her grounded,
and she doesn't need anyone - especially not him.
(Except maybe during thunderstorms.)