Oh. [ He relaxes considerably, smile returning at the sight of hers as he considers her question. ]

Not exactly—there's no magic where I come from. But some people have the ability to "bend" a certain element. My brother's a firebender, so you can probably imagine how much fun it was when he was training...

I'm an earthbender, by the way. [ He says this with no hesitation, despite the fact that he hasn't been able to earthbend in nearly a year now. ] What about you? I guess you're not familiar with magic?