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[Appointments] March 2012-February 2013

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Yeah. I don't think there's anyone who would try to burn the forest down. At least, you know, not on purpose.

[Considering their house has burned down multiple times.]

Yeah, I guess we're covered there. That'd explain why Zuko never takes nature walks.

Exactly. I don't think she'd like Sparky very much.

[Now that they're out among the trees, Toph leans the metal she's been carrying against a trunk and takes a step back.]

This seems like a good place.

[He nods with a smile and sets his own metal down nearby, then he goes through some quick stretches.]

Alright! Time to learn some metalbending.

You betcha! [She picks out one rough sheet of metal and sets it aside from the others. In composition, it's still pretty rocky. It should be a good stepping stone material.]

Alright. Metalbending is all about feeling how the earth has been transformed into something new. It's been refined, so it's form feels different. But the one came from the other, so it's a matter of finding that connection and learning how to hold onto it.

[She crosses to his side.] So start by putting your hands on this metal. Try and feel it with your earthbending.

[He watches intently, trying to take in every word. He then nods and he presses his hands across the metal, remembering everything that Toph taught him about sensing earth. He can feel some faint twinges.]

I think I got something.

Good! That's a start, then. Knowing bendable stuff is in there is the first step.

[She crosses to the other side, still talking.] But knowing it's there and bending it is a whole different thing.

[He nods with a curious expression that is usually on display in Professor Sage's class. He moves his hand around the bit, experimenting to see how the feel changes. Aang doesn't think he'd been practicing his earth sensing as much as Toph would like.]

Yeah, makes sense.

[Time for the next step.] Now, take your hands off the metal. Can you still feel where the impurities are?

[He slowly withdraws his hands. And... it almost feels like faint tug.]

Yeah, I... I feel it. I think. It's kind of faint, but - oh. I think I lost it.

[Well, still not too bad for a start.]

Then you've gotta try it again. Hands back on the metal.

[Aang gives a diligent nod and puts his hands back on the metal, with a stronger focus. He has a better idea of what to feel for this time, so he's able to feel the impurities a bit quicker.]

Okay... I can feel it again.

Okay. This part might be easier to me because I'm used to seeing earth with my bending all the time. But you've really got to visualize it. Not only see those impurities with your hands, but with your mind, too.

Sorry. I guess I haven't been practicing that enough. But I'll... I'll try.

[He closes his eyes and focuses his mind, trying to attach the earthiness to his mind. And he slowly removes his hands.]

I think it's a better feel this time...

Good. That's the key to this whole thing--being able to see the impurities with your mind, and then move them. I think a demonstration is in order.

[He glances back on Toph.]

Sure!

[She cracks her knuckles and sets another one of the metal slabs against a tree trunk. She raps on the metal first, before grabbing it at the top with each hand and renting it in two.]

[He takes a careful observation of her movements.]

That was really great!

[She sweeps her hands.]

Of course it was! And what did you notice about how I handled the metal?

You tapped it first.

Mmhmm. You've always gotta know what kind of metal you're dealing with, because they're all composed differently. And what about the actual movement?

Um... you used both of your hands, and it just... ripped real quickly!

[Well, that's true, but...]

It didn't exactly look like the earthbending you're used to, did it?

Right! You tore it instead of making it a different shape.

Uhuh. Metal can be moved and ripped and crunched, but you can't turn it into a new shape like you can with earth--you know, not that I've discovered yet, anyway. [She grins.] So the forms are obviously gonna be different, too.

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