[Now Nima lifts her hand from Katara's shoulder, looking slightly confused. It would make sense if she were from a very rural tribe that couldn't be reached easily, even by nomads, but -]
I . . . I don't think I understand you. I think you might be mistaken. There are lots of airbenders.
[Aang, Aang - was that the name of one of the air nomad Avatars of the past, before Yangchen? Perhaps no air nomads or Avatars had contacted her tribe since - but that would have been hundreds and hundreds of years ago. That's a very long time for ANY tribe to go uncontacted by any air nomads at all.]
Avatar Roku has been our Avatar, but he passed away only two years ago. We expect the new Avatar to be one of our children, but we haven't identified them yet.
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[Now Nima lifts her hand from Katara's shoulder, looking slightly confused. It would make sense if she were from a very rural tribe that couldn't be reached easily, even by nomads, but -]
I . . . I don't think I understand you. I think you might be mistaken. There are lots of airbenders.
[Aang, Aang - was that the name of one of the air nomad Avatars of the past, before Yangchen? Perhaps no air nomads or Avatars had contacted her tribe since - but that would have been hundreds and hundreds of years ago. That's a very long time for ANY tribe to go uncontacted by any air nomads at all.]
Avatar Roku has been our Avatar, but he passed away only two years ago. We expect the new Avatar to be one of our children, but we haven't identified them yet.