"I'm sure it's tough getting a few stares over a nose ring. Struggling not to cut your hair because people look at you funny.

"People are always going to be staring at me. This--" Yeah, she's going to point at it. "--isn't something I can just take off. I don't know what you all think, but any firebender figures it means someone bested me. You want something hard, you try being a thirteen-year-old kid trying to gain any respect from your countrymen."