[ This amount of blunt honesty gets some respect from Toph and, frankly, she may actually take him up on it given that it's delivered without an iota of real condescension. Sympathy is fine; pity is verboten. ]

If you're serious about that, I might take you up on it. People around here really like to go on these long text rants. It's super boring to listen to.

[ @ lelouch

As for the other thing... ]

Gotta have self-confidence. But not a jerk. Obviously, I don't care how they look, but they can't treat me like I'm glass or I'm going to punch them.