[ Sandry takes a sip of some tea while thinking about that. ]
How did they change my memories like that? Why did I have to go through the exercise of weaving them when other people aren't confused like this? I don't understand.
[ Sandry sounds equally frustrated. It's just not fair. ]
... I really wanted it to be true, [ Toph says quietly, with total honesty. ] It didn't make sense to me that I could be the person I thought I was. I think that probably helped me a lot.
I got a spinning wheel so I pictured my two different memories while spinning and spun them into thread. Then I wove the thread into separate blocks and separated them with a border of plain thread. I wasn't sure if it would work but my mind was much clearer after that. I did something similar with magic before, separating it out like that.
It's not very practical, it only works for me. I don't think I could do it for someone else. I suppose it's a bit of a clever way to solve the problem, but only because it worked. You should see the things my sister Tris can do! Or Briar, or Daja. Tris is a weather mage, Briar is a plant mage, and Daja is a smithing mage. Tris can summon lightning bolts and holds tidal power in her hair, Briar can talk to plants and make them grow, and Daja created living metal. Though I suppose that last one was an accident.
Okay, I'm definitely obligated to say the living metal is the coolest one.
[ For obvious reasons. The rest of it all sounds different but similar to bending, or at least not out of the realm of stories. Also, Sandry going on about her siblings is cute, not that Toph's gonna say that. It's a nice change from her earlier sadness over her fake memories. ]
But usually the really impressive bending is the subtle stuff, so I'm guessing it's the same way for magic.
[ Sandry completely expects this. For obvious reasons. Daja's living metal is cool. The things she can do with it are even cooler. ]
Yes, it's like that, but also not? Daja made a prosthetic leg for someone with her living metal. I think that's not very subtle, though it had lots of details.
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How did they change my memories like that? Why did I have to go through the exercise of weaving them when other people aren't confused like this? I don't understand.
[ Sandry sounds equally frustrated. It's just not fair. ]
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--Wait, you said you're weaving them?
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[ Sandry pulls the woven cloth over. ]
I got a spinning wheel so I pictured my two different memories while spinning and spun them into thread. Then I wove the thread into separate blocks and separated them with a border of plain thread. I wasn't sure if it would work but my mind was much clearer after that. I did something similar with magic before, separating it out like that.
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[ Toph is nonplussed and completely amazed. She's not at all reluctant to call out cool things when she runs across them. ]
And you were trying to tell me thread magic isn't that cool? That's totally nuts, Sandry.
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It's not very practical, it only works for me. I don't think I could do it for someone else. I suppose it's a bit of a clever way to solve the problem, but only because it worked. You should see the things my sister Tris can do! Or Briar, or Daja. Tris is a weather mage, Briar is a plant mage, and Daja is a smithing mage. Tris can summon lightning bolts and holds tidal power in her hair, Briar can talk to plants and make them grow, and Daja created living metal. Though I suppose that last one was an accident.
[ Sandry is clearly very proud of her siblings. ]
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[ For obvious reasons. The rest of it all sounds different but similar to bending, or at least not out of the realm of stories. Also, Sandry going on about her siblings is cute, not that Toph's gonna say that. It's a nice change from her earlier sadness over her fake memories. ]
But usually the really impressive bending is the subtle stuff, so I'm guessing it's the same way for magic.
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Yes, it's like that, but also not? Daja made a prosthetic leg for someone with her living metal. I think that's not very subtle, though it had lots of details.