[Well, that much tracked. Katara had always described Toph as deliberately rebelling against her upbringing - guess she was seeing it, or rather hearing it, in action.]

Yeah, well, you're kinda one of my heroes. Or...will be. It's not as easy when it's an unfamiliar version of a familiar person, that I happen to admire.

My greatest teachers were you, Katara, and Tenzin...Aang's son.

[But she grinned at the last, her spirits raising a little.]

If I can keep up, huh?