He feels the need to learn more advanced firebending techniques if he is to stand a chance against his sister. After serving him some tea, Zuko goes on to state that he has contemplated the situation and has come to realize that it is only a matter of time before they encounter Azula once more. Zuko explains to Iroh that he was knocked unconscious after a surprise attack by Azula. Iroh awakens from his dream to find his nephew Zuko watching over him within a partially destroyed home not too far from the previously visited deserted town. Years later, an older Iroh kneels in the rain before Lu Ten's grave set under the same tree, telling his beloved son that he will see him again. Lu Ten falls on top of him and the two share a warm laugh. Lu Ten imitates a firebending motion with his hands, which Iroh playfully pretends to get hit by and falls to the ground.

On a grassy hill, a much younger Iroh runs past a tree, being chased by his now-dead son, Lu Ten. Believing to have grasped the basic concept, Aang attempts to emulate her, but ends up blasting the rock with air and propelling himself backward into Appa, leading Sokka to remark that 'rock beats airbender.' She demonstrates the actual motion by sending a rock into a wall. She continues to tell him that because rock is a stubborn element, one must essentially be 'like a rock' in order to move it.

The Avatar enthusiastically questions what high-level techniques he is to learn first, only to have Toph reply that they will start by learning simply how to move a rock.Īs the tutelage begins, Toph imparts to Aang that the key to earthbending is a firm, steady stance. After Toph also awakens, bursting from her stone tent, Aang greets her as his sifu however, the formal greeting makes Katara jealous, considering Aang has never referred to her as such. In a rocky quarry within the southeastern Earth Kingdom, Aang awakes from his sleep, excited that today is the day he will finally commence his earthbending training with Toph, waking up a weary Katara and a cranky Sokka in the process. Meanwhile, Iroh resumes his firebending instruction with Zuko, showing him how to re-direct lightning in an attempt to better equip him to fight Azula. Toph uses the situation to prove that Aang has the attitude and mindset required to learn earthbending. Aang is the one to find Sokka and is forced to save him from a saber-tooth moose lion. The group begins to get worried and searches for him.

While Toph is teaching, Sokka becomes stuck in a hole and spends the whole day trapped. Aang finally begins his earthbending training with Toph, but loses confidence in himself when he encounters difficulty with the earth element, the natural opposite of air.

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