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"Your name is literally just 'Bender'?"
"Yeah."
"So are you, like, some kind of bender?"
"That's my job. I bend things."
"Job? Bending is something people are. Like it's hereditary and stuff."
"Do I look like I had a biological father?"
"I don't know what anything looks like but you sure feel like metal. What can you bend?"
"Give me something to bend and I'll bend it. Mostly metal -- ”
"Oh, someone besides me figured out how to bend metal. Impressive."
" -- wood, stone, plastic, whatever you want. Wait, are you saying nobody else knows how to bend metal? How hard can it be? You just hold it and fold it."
"That's not -- okay fine. Bend me this metal."
"One bending coming up!" *CREEEEEEAAAAAAK*
"That's not bending!"
"Oh yeah, smart guy? Fine! You show me how to bend!"
"One actual bending coming up." *RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE*
"That wasn't bending anything! You just threw rocks around!"
"Yeah. That's bending. You throw around one of the four elements."
"Four? What about the rest like molybdenum and zinc and stuff?"
"There's only four."
"Keep kidding yourself. Anyway, if that's how you do bending around here, maybe I can do it too. One rock-bending coming up." *RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE*
"That's -- you just bent earth. Are you an earthbender after all?"
"Buddy, I'm an ANYTHING bender. Alright let's try water next." *SPLOOSH*
"You just bent water! How the hell are you bending two elements? You can't be the Avatar, I already know the guy."
"I got no idea who this 'Avatar' is. Can he bend anything like I can?"
"Nope, only four elements. Three right now, he's working on fire. And he kinda sucks at bending earth."
"Ha! Chump. Lemme at him."
"I wouldn't say he's worth fighting."
"Welp. Looks like I'm the champ around here, then. Feel free to worship me."
"No way, Stumpy. I'm the actual champion here."
"Yeah? Who are you anyway?"
"Toph Beifong. And I am the greatest earthbender in the world. If you really want to take the Avatar, you have to go through me first."
"Ha! You're just a short little girl. And your eyes look weird. And you haven't looked in my direction once this entire time. Are you blind?"
"You're perceptive for a weird spirit made of metal."
"Yeah, well, I'm also a little conflicted about fighting a little blind girl...okay I'm over my conflicted feelings. Let's rumble."
*THREE HOURS LATER*
"Well there goes that cabbage farm. If we can find the owner he can send the bill to the Beifong family."
"You're pretty strong, kid. Wanna team up? Conquer the world?"
"I have to get back to dealing with the Avatar and his friends. They are way too protective of me."
"Wait, the Avatar's around here? Great! Lemme at him."
"He's a twelve-year-old boy who doesn't want to hurt anyone."
"Ha! He is a chump!"
"Yeah, and we're gonna have to figure out how to make him put the hurt on Fire Lord Ozai, or else the guy's going to burn the entire world down or something."
"Burn the world, eh? He sounds like a bigger challenge than the Avatar. Lemme at him."
"You can't just walk into the Fire Nation, dude."
"Oh yeah? Maybe you can't."
"Is that a challenge? Alright, let me round up the gang and we're gonna race you to the Fire nation."
"You're on!"