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Toph practices her Earthbending in a silent corner of the nexus. The earth trembles as she slams her right foot down, causing a boulder to erupt from the groud and send topsoil flying in all directions. She doesn't mind when the bits of dirt rain down on her. It's the way things should be when you work with the earth.
She throws a powerful punch forward and the rock shoots forward before grinding into the ground and coming to a halt. With a quick flick of her wrists, the turf around the boulder erupts, sending jets of dirt shooting around the rock with enough force to push back any foe who tried to flank the obstacle.
For the finale of her kata, she leaps into the air and performs a spinning kick before slamming her heel into the ground upon impact, sending a fissure traveling through the ground that shatters the boulder. She climbs to her feet and runs a dusty hand through her hair.
Then she pauses.
What did she just do?
It was a spinning kick or something. She doesn't know any spinning kicks. It wasn't an Earthbending move. The more she thinks about it, the less she remembers about how she actually did it in the first place. It seemed natural at the time. But...
Earthbenders don't use spinning kicks like that!
She remains troubled for a few more moments before shrugging and flopping down on the dusty grass and folding her arms behind her head. Maybe it was something she picked up from sensing Katara and Aang practice and she mimicked it without really thinking. Eh, who cares, anyway?
It was kind of cool.
She throws a powerful punch forward and the rock shoots forward before grinding into the ground and coming to a halt. With a quick flick of her wrists, the turf around the boulder erupts, sending jets of dirt shooting around the rock with enough force to push back any foe who tried to flank the obstacle.
For the finale of her kata, she leaps into the air and performs a spinning kick before slamming her heel into the ground upon impact, sending a fissure traveling through the ground that shatters the boulder. She climbs to her feet and runs a dusty hand through her hair.
Then she pauses.
What did she just do?
It was a spinning kick or something. She doesn't know any spinning kicks. It wasn't an Earthbending move. The more she thinks about it, the less she remembers about how she actually did it in the first place. It seemed natural at the time. But...
Earthbenders don't use spinning kicks like that!
She remains troubled for a few more moments before shrugging and flopping down on the dusty grass and folding her arms behind her head. Maybe it was something she picked up from sensing Katara and Aang practice and she mimicked it without really thinking. Eh, who cares, anyway?
It was kind of cool.