Title: Monochrome
Author: Jewel Song
Word Count: 132
Challenge #52: Mirrors
Toph has no idea what she looks like.
She fears that she is horrible to look at, and that perhaps that was the reason her parents hid her away, not just the fact that she's blind.
As she sits by the waters edge, Toph leans over and wishes she could see her reflection in the water. She wonders if she has dark or pale skin, light hair or dark hair. And even if she knew, she wouldn't know what face to put them too.
"Toph? Is something wrong?
"Aang, am I pretty?"
There is a pause, and Toph's heart clenches just enough to hurt.
"Never mind! Forget I said-"
"Yes. You're very, very pretty Toph."
She launches a boulder at him, yelling at him to go train some more, but she's smiling.
: "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye." - The Little Prince :