I told him we needed to be sure of your experience level before we went into a project like this. This is more careless than he usually is...
Anyway, I've heard you're good with spacial awareness and something called "earth bending," which is great! But what we're going to need is a lot of very small, intricate work. Even the outer shell of the arm needs to be carefully detailed. What's the last metal project you worked on?
[ Toph is a veteran troll but this is painful even to her. She could try to keep it up, but out of mercy she starts laying on the bright sarcasm as thick as she can. ]
I made my own trolley car to go super fast on the tracks. But that's so big, I guess that doesn't count as detail work...
[ Maybe this sounds like Toph is going to take thirty minutes to get there, but it actually means she's backing up far enough down the tracks to build up real speed coming up to the Alcyone's Wake stop, while also making sure she's ducking the real trolley so she doesn't cause an accident.
She needs to stage her grand entrance perfectly. ]
[ From the distance, a sleek metal train car comes rocketing up the tracks. There's no engine attached to it anywhere or a discernible door, and the windows are empty, making the car open to the air.
It goes extremely fast. Metalbending something forward on rails is trivially easy for Toph, who can already go quite fast on her own just on the ground itself. She slows the car down gradually and comes to a graceful, easy halt, smooth as silk, in front of the train stop.
A panel on the side lifts up as one whole piece, without hinges, Toph pushing it up above her head. The tiny barefoot girl emerges, affecting casual ease. ]
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Anyway, I've heard you're good with spacial awareness and something called "earth bending," which is great! But what we're going to need is a lot of very small, intricate work. Even the outer shell of the arm needs to be carefully detailed. What's the last metal project you worked on?
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I made my own trolley car to go super fast on the tracks. But that's so big, I guess that doesn't count as detail work...
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[He's expecting it to be like, kart-sized.]
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[ That'll work for busting expectations and getting him to take her seriously. ]
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[He's not getting it.]
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[ She smiles to herself. ]
I don't want to get there before you. It's way more impressive if you see me coming up the track.
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[ Maybe this sounds like Toph is going to take thirty minutes to get there, but it actually means she's backing up far enough down the tracks to build up real speed coming up to the Alcyone's Wake stop, while also making sure she's ducking the real trolley so she doesn't cause an accident.
She needs to stage her grand entrance perfectly. ]
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It goes extremely fast. Metalbending something forward on rails is trivially easy for Toph, who can already go quite fast on her own just on the ground itself. She slows the car down gradually and comes to a graceful, easy halt, smooth as silk, in front of the train stop.
A panel on the side lifts up as one whole piece, without hinges, Toph pushing it up above her head. The tiny barefoot girl emerges, affecting casual ease. ]
Yo.