[There's a difference between empathy and pity. It hurts to hear what he's gone through at the hands of his own father of all people but he doesn't feel sorry for him.
He's struggled with it, but he did eventually walk away from his father. He's trying to be better than that, better than the man who did that to him. He got this by standing up for what was right. She would never pity that. If anything, she's a little proud of him.
His hand reaches up to cover hers and in some ways it feels almost more intimate then kissing him did.<]
He seems like a good man, your uncle. [She hasn't interacted much with Iroh herself but Toph seems to like him -- Toph doesn't give her approval to just anyone.]
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He's struggled with it, but he did eventually walk away from his father. He's trying to be better than that, better than the man who did that to him. He got this by standing up for what was right. She would never pity that. If anything, she's a little proud of him.
His hand reaches up to cover hers and in some ways it feels almost more intimate then kissing him did.<]
He seems like a good man, your uncle. [She hasn't interacted much with Iroh herself but Toph seems to like him -- Toph doesn't give her approval to just anyone.]