[Toph is one of the people he's afraid of seeing the most. He had still been showing up for metalbending practice, but he he was painfully aware all this time since her talk that he had been letting her down. He couldn't be hat strong Avatar here, and... now one of the hypotheticals they discussed had happened. As he guessed, he feels as weak and powerless and ever.
He doesn't want a reminder of how low he's fallen. He doesn't want Toph to "see" him like this. But he doesn't expect to have to. Aang quietly touches down with Appa at some point when the sun is setting to consider slipping in for dinner. He doesn't expect Toph to be already sitting near the house.
It was too late to step back the moment he set his feet on the earth. At the moment, he just looks towards her hesitantly.]
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He doesn't want a reminder of how low he's fallen. He doesn't want Toph to "see" him like this. But he doesn't expect to have to. Aang quietly touches down with Appa at some point when the sun is setting to consider slipping in for dinner. He doesn't expect Toph to be already sitting near the house.
It was too late to step back the moment he set his feet on the earth. At the moment, he just looks towards her hesitantly.]