Katara shook her head. "I never could. Destiny sometimes throw you in directions you never thought you'd go. If I had stayed in my tribe, I would never have developed in my bending ability. There were no more benders in my tribe: a nation in my world had weeded them out and imprisoned them. But When I traveled with the Avatar, I was able to improvise, I found scrolls to read from and help me study, and then I finally found a teacher. My bending is a gift from my people, and no matter where in the world I am, I can always remember them through bending."

She turned red a little. "Um, sorry. I have this bad habit of telling people too much about me...I don't want to bore you!"