Toph heard a lot about this bug conversation and wondered if she could steer them away. She hoped that Kir and Timon would start getting along, but it looked as if she might have to wait until Kir got his memory back before that happened.

"Trust me, my heart goes out to you about the bug thing, really. Unfortunately, there are no plants here either, and though I don't eat them, that still makes me a little sad. As an Earthbender, you feel at one with the plants in your surroundings, but to me personally, listening to plants grow and develop is the closest thing I can compare to actual puberty. When you don't feel that in the ground...its like the earth is dead."

Toph sighed. All their insults and remarks were getting them nowhere. She hadn't come here to trade insults with the meerkat and his friends. Even she was getting a little distracted by all this.

"Listen, I know you guys started on the wrong foot. Trust me, we need to get centered and try to talk about this problem. Let's go into the Manor, and then we'll start talking about why we're here in the first place."

Toph walked in first, allowing herself to feel the people all around her. It wasn't that crowded, but she could tell there was a pretty good reason for it. The place had an air of aristocracy that Toph found unmistakable, and so she knew it was time to not act like "Toph" but as the daughter of the Bei Fong family. Toph straightened herself up as best she could, making sure to run a hand over her limp hair and walk as stiffly as she could to the doorman.

"Four for the Manor, please," Toph said, imitating the lack of enthusiasm and friendliness she'd heard her family repeat so many times.