"Telling Jamie where an abandoned furniture store is and helping him move it here in his truck," Layla said turning a page. "Unless you think people would be more comfortable sleeping on beds made of rock."
Tom was just out for a 'sniff about' as a rat - testing his nose, gathering scents, that sort of thing.
But then he heard the earth crack.
His body slides up to half-rat half-human, eyes sliding to full human. The earth is rising. Tom, already close to the house, runs full-out towards it, alarm-squeaking as he goes.
The earth is going to rise up and destroy them all! It's --
-- wait? Talking? Tom slows to a stop, turning around, panting lightly as he watches the earth - and then turns his attention to the girl floating on the rock.
He slides to full human, naked, heart hammering and palms sweating. "You're-- you're doin' that, righ'?" he manages.
"There was a giant squid kraken thing!" Sokka protests, stopping at the edge of Toph's bending rocks and grinning up at her. "And babies and a really really weird guy and all this awesome stuff! I couldn't help it! Have you seen all the machines they've got here?"
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"Indoor plumbing would be nice," she says not even looking up from her book.
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It's yelled, but Toph doesn't stop moving as she says it.
"What are you planning on doing all day?"
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Ba Sing Se doesn't count, on account of being the worst city in the world.
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But then he heard the earth crack.
His body slides up to half-rat half-human, eyes sliding to full human. The earth is rising. Tom, already close to the house, runs full-out towards it, alarm-squeaking as he goes.
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"Dude," she says, not bothering to turn around. "What did you just do?"
Because it felt like a rat turned into some sort of half-rat half-human thing.
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-- wait? Talking? Tom slows to a stop, turning around, panting lightly as he watches the earth - and then turns his attention to the girl floating on the rock.
He slides to full human, naked, heart hammering and palms sweating. "You're-- you're doin' that, righ'?" he manages.
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Sokka's voice squeaks a little with excitement as he stampedes out of the house towards the source of the Earthbending.
"TOPH!"
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Toph stops bending, her back to him.
"Took your time getting here, didn't you?" she asks dryly.
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He's excited. And excitable. Bless.
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"Yeah, I got here in a metal box on wheels that runs on rock oil," she says. "How come you never invented that?"
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