Toph may not have known she was there, but she doesn't seem to be startled by Lin's presence, either.
"Nuh-uh," was the quiet reply. And she seems about to say more, but suddenly there's another child on the other side of the wall.
"Who're you?" There's an eye at the wall, bold as brass -- a boy's. "Where'd you come from?"
"Toph." The name itself is almost defiance, but eager, too as Toph sits upright again, fingers to the wall. "I live here."
A moment's pause. "Do not," comes the retort. "There's no kids here." Another pause. ". . . Some people say there's a ghost. Are you the ghost?"
Toph visibly jerks, and tension bleeds into the air. With the stomp of a foot, a small rock darts free of the wall on the opposite side, flicking the boy in the forehead.
"Ow!" The eye pulls away.
"Toph!" This new voice is from inside the wall. A woman strides towards them, her frame stiff with anger.
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"Nuh-uh," was the quiet reply. And she seems about to say more, but suddenly there's another child on the other side of the wall.
"Who're you?" There's an eye at the wall, bold as brass -- a boy's. "Where'd you come from?"
"Toph." The name itself is almost defiance, but eager, too as Toph sits upright again, fingers to the wall. "I live here."
A moment's pause. "Do not," comes the retort. "There's no kids here." Another pause. ". . . Some people say there's a ghost. Are you the ghost?"
Toph visibly jerks, and tension bleeds into the air. With the stomp of a foot, a small rock darts free of the wall on the opposite side, flicking the boy in the forehead.
"Ow!" The eye pulls away.
"Toph!" This new voice is from inside the wall. A woman strides towards them, her frame stiff with anger.