Why was he staring at her like that? Toph was tempted to wave a hand in front of his face, but he snapped out of it once she'd spoken. Weird. It hadn't been a stare like she had something on her face or anything like that, so maybe he thought she was cute? "That's pretty cool," she said, "oh, and by the way, it's not polite to stare." The last bit was said in a teasing way.
"Yep. It's called earthbending. As long as there's earth or rock in it, I can make it do almost whatever I want." She nodded. "I'm a master earthbender and as far as I know, the only one from my world who can bend metal."