[Right. He doesn't know Toph very well, but he isn't surprised to hear she wants to avoid cutesy names. That's what Last Order would go for, and he's sure the Sisters would pick something ridiculous and on-the-nose. He isn't sure what he would do; for his owl he had gone with the name of a famous inventor. Maybe something like that.
(Or a geophysics joke, probably.)]
Ah, yeah, a vicious animal like that should have a scary name.
Uh, yeah. Did you know my name is written with the characters for "opening lotus"? It's awful. It could be "clearing the mountain," but they had to go with that. Yeuch.
[ Another thing Toph will never forgive her parents for; she sounds honestly disgruntled. (Is she comparing herself to a vicious animal? Absolutely.) She pushes the badger-mole off of her and climbs to her feet, leaving her annoyance aside to be focused on her new companion. ]
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(Or a geophysics joke, probably.)]
Ah, yeah, a vicious animal like that should have a scary name.
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[ Another thing Toph will never forgive her parents for; she sounds honestly disgruntled. (Is she comparing herself to a vicious animal? Absolutely.) She pushes the badger-mole off of her and climbs to her feet, leaving her annoyance aside to be focused on her new companion. ]
I gotta show you how to make a proper den!