Okay, THAT was a shocker. She hadn't really had people ask her specifically what it was like to be a bender: they usually assumed it was magic or superpowers that she just got overnight. If there was something that she could talk on about for a time, it was waterbending.
"It is," Katara said, smiling. "It's like a kind of private dance that only you know the moves too. The steps flow, the movement is both passive in its presentation and aggressive in its aims. Where I'm from, water is the same way: think of the quiet babbling brook compared to the powerful strength of the tidal wave. Waterbending teaches understanding both of these things, and committing yourself to getting it right. Also, water has always been a part of me, all around me, and is the strength and echo of my people. It is a sacred gift, one that I would never take for granted."
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"It is," Katara said, smiling. "It's like a kind of private dance that only you know the moves too. The steps flow, the movement is both passive in its presentation and aggressive in its aims. Where I'm from, water is the same way: think of the quiet babbling brook compared to the powerful strength of the tidal wave. Waterbending teaches understanding both of these things, and committing yourself to getting it right. Also, water has always been a part of me, all around me, and is the strength and echo of my people. It is a sacred gift, one that I would never take for granted."