[Let's just... ignore that first question, shall we? Instead she nods at the second while getting out the tea. Jasmine, if she marked him right.]

Or it's something someone's born into a whole bunch of times. It goes in a cycle. Air, water, earth, fire. There have been thousands of Avatars... and they are all reincarnated. And apparently the Avatar from the life previous can talk to the current Avatar, and helps them learn what it means to actually... be one. I'm not sure how far back that goes.