"You know what I think?"

"Yes. No."

"I think everyone should be able, just once, to make an inanimate object come to life and be his pal."

I have to pause. Should he be encouraged?

"Like what?" I ask, nervously.

"Like an orange."

He scratches his chin, something he actually does when thinking these kinds of thoughts.

"Or a hammer."

- Toph ( Read more... )