[He's silent for a moment. In a way, he had tried that - just to refuse. That's why he ran away. But his being gone all that time, in a way that was the root of his world's problems.]

You could try to choose that. But people can still try to make you live up to that responsibility. After all... there's only one Avatar at a time. No one else can do that job.

A-and I still have another year left before I'm that age. But... I was kinda called to do it earlier than usual.