[ well, unlike mako, katara has absolutely no reason to try to reel in her surprise. she doesn't even really notice when he steps away, and her hand sort of just awkwardly hangs in the air for a few seconds before she hastily lowers it in embarrassment.
okay, so maybe there was a reason what he did looked so much like earthbending. it probably was, you know, actual earthbending. ]
... yeah. I'm from the Southern Water Tribe.
[ if he can earthbend now, then that makes he isn't one back home then. even without his looks, at this point it's a process of elimination. he's not water tribe, and he obviously wouldn't be an airbender. the only other options is that he's a firebender, or he can't bend at all, but he still has to be from somewhere. ]
And you're from...
[ she kind of just trails off, waiting for him to finish. ]
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okay, so maybe there was a reason what he did looked so much like earthbending. it probably was, you know, actual earthbending. ]
... yeah. I'm from the Southern Water Tribe.
[ if he can earthbend now, then that makes he isn't one back home then. even without his looks, at this point it's a process of elimination. he's not water tribe, and he obviously wouldn't be an airbender. the only other options is that he's a firebender, or he can't bend at all, but he still has to be from somewhere. ]
And you're from...
[ she kind of just trails off, waiting for him to finish. ]