text; un: beatrix [1]

[fiendennor]

Do you believe in magic?
If so, what do you know about it?

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[fiendennor]

Oh? Is that a common thing?

How many styles of bending are there?

[bentbloodline]

Founding a new bending style? It's extremely rare. They're technically just advanced subsets of the original four. In her case, it was metalbending, when bending metal was previously considered impossible for earthbenders.

[fiendennor]

I see. So she didn't so much as invent something from scratch as find a new application of an existing skillset.

Once invented, could all earth benders [she pronounces it as two distinct words] learn this new skill?

[bentbloodline]

They all have the potential, but as far as I understand, it takes far more skill and some simply don't have the aptitude for it.

[fiendennor]

[There's a pause, and then a murmur of understanding.] That's fair, I suppose. Not everyone can be good at everything, after all.