[He explained calmly. A lot of his anxieties about being the Avatar had been calmed enough for that.]
Well... I was born that way. It's the way the Avatar cycle works in that world. Bascially, the Avatar's spirit gets born in a human body, and the spirit gets reincarnated to the next nation in the cycle whenever the current Avatar passes on. So people are the Avatar until birth. But... They're not supposed to actually start having the responsibilities of the Avatar until they come of age and turn 16.
[It's weird to think he's almost nearing that age now, being mentally around 15 - while his body still was 14 due to a brief trip back home just a few months ago.]
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Well... I was born that way. It's the way the Avatar cycle works in that world. Bascially, the Avatar's spirit gets born in a human body, and the spirit gets reincarnated to the next nation in the cycle whenever the current Avatar passes on. So people are the Avatar until birth. But... They're not supposed to actually start having the responsibilities of the Avatar until they come of age and turn 16.
[It's weird to think he's almost nearing that age now, being mentally around 15 - while his body still was 14 due to a brief trip back home just a few months ago.]