The fight between Valdis and "Sion" left another kind of mark on the turtle beyond the release of mana -- vibrations that raced through the soil like a spiderweb of electrical charge.

Vibrations picked up by the feet of one Toph Bei Fong.

There had been fights on the Turtle before. Bar fights between kedan. Tussles on the street. Children rolling around with one another on the floor in private homes, screaming at the tops of their lungs about the possession of a toy.

This was not any of those. These were blows that dug deep into the earth, clear and distinct as hammer blows.

All activity towards her task stopped immediately. She was still. And she listened.

And then as one force broke off, leaving the other behind, she moved, yanking at the earth under her feet to increase her speed with the goal to intersect.

Temporarily she ignored the new signature aimed for a similar goal.