"She's beautiful" Sokka said with tears in his eyes as he held the small newborn girl in his arms for the first time.
"And healthy" Katara added with a smile before squeezing Toph's shoulder and saying "she can see too."
Toph laid back with a sigh and a small smile at the news she had spent nine months agonizing over. "Thank the spirits" she said in an exhausted, raspy voice.
Sokka sat down next to Toph on the edge of the bed, cradling the small newborn in his large arms. "Do you want to hold her?" he asked Toph.
Toph could only nod with her arms out, finding that words could not possibly explain how much she had wanted to hold, to finally 'see' her child.
Sokka smiled after carefully placing the newborn into Toph's arm and watching Toph hold the newborn close and gently running her fingers over the features of the newborn. "She's strong, I can feel it" she whispered "destined to be an earthbender, just like her mother" Toph choked out.
"And she will be a great one, just like her mother too" Sokka smiled.
"She's perfect" Toph spoke while stroking small black hairs on the newborn's head. "What should we name her?" she asked facing Sokka.
"How about Lin?" Sokka suggested.
"After the girl who died recently?" Toph questioned.
"Yeah, who else better to name your daughter after than such a brave girl who sacrificed herself for the better of others?"
Toph smiled "You're right, Lin is a great name for her and she's your daughter too!" Toph punched Sokka in the arm "maybe not genetically, but you'll be more of her father than anyone else."
Sokka smiled as he rubbed his arm before placing a kiss on Toph's sweaty forehead and then placing his finger in Lin's tiny hand "that will be true."
"Good."