[video... kinda]

[seismatters]

--still don't get this thing.

[Hi, enjoy your view, because it's shaking around a bit and showing, well, mostly the ceiling. Occassionally a lemur tail, just for some variety.]

Uh, I guess that's right. Oh well.

You know, the new headquarters are really nice and everything - I mean, I should know, I helped rebuild it! But it's getting kind of

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[Voice]

[sucker_punches]

Why would you assume it was a person running on your roof?

[After all most normal people she knows don't do that much. Not everyone is a ninja.]

[Video]

[seismatters]

Well... it sounded like one. It definitely wasn't a bird or anything like that.

[A pause, and she tips her head a little.]

I guess it could have been something else. But if it was another person, I wanna know who so I can kick their butt for keeping me up so late.

[oops I mean Voice]

[sucker_punches]

[Laughs a little. Mostly because that attitude sounds familiar.]

That sounds fair.

You're a light sleeper, I take it?

[Video] not like it matters, sob

[seismatters]

Are you kidding? I sleep like a rock. Seriously. But it's hard to get any real rest here, because of all these nightmares I keep having. The other night I--

[Whoops, pause. Don't want to seem vulnerable or anything. Toph shakes her head a bit and sort of shrugs.]

I mean, they're not scary. But they're so annoying!

[Video] sob it's for the peanut gallery.

[sucker_punches]

[Too late, Toph's set off Sakura's motherly instincts!]

The mist gives people strange dreams, sometimes. Or do you normally have a lot of nightmares?

[Video] i see how it is, mmhm

[seismatters]

[Uh oh, motherly instincts detected. Code red!]

I don't normally have nightmares! I'm not some little baby that gets bad dreams all the time - I've been through plenty and it never bothered me one bit!

This place is just... weird.

[That last word has some undercurrent to it - not fear exactly, but definitely unease.]

[Video] ... well no, actually, you don't!

[sucker_punches]

I never said you were. Having bad dreams doesn't make anyone cowardly.

It's the mist doing it, I think. This has happened before.

[Video] ... that joke just isn't going to get old

[seismatters]

[You get a hmph to that, Sakura, because... well, it's true. But Tough Guys can't just admit that, y'know.]

[But then her expression softens just a bit.]

Oh... right, the mist. I keep forgetting about that. That isn't really fair, getting attacked by something you can't even see or feel, you know?

--but still, I don't need any coddling just 'cause of some dreams. It's just making me tired, that's all!

[Video] Hey Toph is the most guilty of it in canon!

[sucker_punches]

[Ah, so she is blind. Sakura was pretty sure but now she's certain.]

I wasn't trying to coddle you or anything like that.

[Video] that's why i have an icon just for such an event!

[seismatters]

[Toph stays quiet for a moment - still seething, apparently]

Yeah. Well, good. I can take care of myself.

[She pauses again, and then frowns a little.]

I didn't really mean to snap at you, it's just... all anyone sees when they look at me is some helpless little girl. I hate being taken care of. But, I can tell you didn't mean anything by it.

Maybe I'm more tired than I thought.

[Video]

[sucker_punches]

[She just smiles. Oh Toph. Your abrasiveness is not having the desired effect.]

It's all right. I know that looks can be deceiving, and it seems like you've been taking care of yourself pretty well so far. But having someone looking out for you isn't necessarily a bad thing.