[ as per usual, toph's right, water is wet, and zuko is dumb. ]

I don't know! [ the frustration is clear in his voice, so palpable she probably can see it. ] It's probably the magic — [ still doesn't understand that that is, tbh. ] — of this place doing something to you. Maybe it's ... [ he's uncertain if he's uncomfortable or relieved at the thought that takes root and grows in his mind. he'd been so afraid toph had been taken from this world due to their screw-up with reynard and raonil. but he pauses nonetheless, his tone shifting from that characteristic frustration to something softer. ] Maybe it's giving you a second chance.