June Afternoon - Roxette


They walked for several hours before sitting down by the side of the road to have lunch. Iroh had packed food for them, as well as a supply of tea. Sokka took out his flint and started a small fire to boil water over.

"You know, it takes a lot longer to get around without Appa," Sokka said.

"It also takes longer to walk than to travel by earth," Toph replied.

"No. No more landslides," Sokka said firmly. "I wasn't really complaining that it's going to take us a long time to travel. I'm not in any hurry."

Toph smiled and leaned back on her elbows. It was a bright, sunny day; a good day to be traveling. "Good." She wasn't in any hurry either. She had no strong desire to return to Gaoling, and besides, she was used to waiting. She was used to the slow steady movement of stone. There was no need to rush.

"I was just thinking, what are we going to talk about? We're going to be spending a lot of time together."

Toph snorted. "You know Sokka, you don't always have to talk. We can just be silent too; sometimes that's quite nice."

Sokka nodded and rubbed his chin for a moment. He still couldn't grow a proper beard like his father. He was beginning to have doubts that he ever would.

Toph closed her eyes and let the sun warm her eyelids. She counted in her head, one, two, three…

"But I just don't know. It's a really long time. It'll be days until we get to the Northern Air Temple," Sokka said.

Toph laughed. "You made it to four!" she exclaimed. "That's actually better than I thought you'd do, I'll give you that."

Sokka frowned. "I get the feeling I'm going to have to put up with a lot of abuse on this trip."

Toph grinned at him. "Of course you will. But you should have known that when you asked me to join you. You must have known. You can't have forgotten our last great adventure together so soon."

"There are some things I'd like to forget I think. A selective memory can be nice."