[At least explaining this gives her a moment to put aside her confused feelings. She takes a deep breath.]
Because it's not a power I should have. Most waterbenders can't do it, wouldn't think of trying it. We met this old woman, Hama, who had learned it as a way to escape from the prison the Fire Nation had put her in. She told me I had no choice but to learn -- that it was our duty to exact revenge on those who had eradicated our kind. She was kidnapping innocent villagers, hurting them, killing them.
I didn't want to learn how to do it. But she didn't leave me a choice. She was using Sokka and Aang like puppets and the only way I could stop her was by bending her blood. But a person shouldn't have that control over somebody else.
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Because it's not a power I should have. Most waterbenders can't do it, wouldn't think of trying it. We met this old woman, Hama, who had learned it as a way to escape from the prison the Fire Nation had put her in. She told me I had no choice but to learn -- that it was our duty to exact revenge on those who had eradicated our kind. She was kidnapping innocent villagers, hurting them, killing them.
I didn't want to learn how to do it. But she didn't leave me a choice. She was using Sokka and Aang like puppets and the only way I could stop her was by bending her blood. But a person shouldn't have that control over somebody else.
It's not right.