[...can't leave anything alone, huh? She doesn't really want to talk about Jet.] No. He's not a bender.

[Oh look, the water is boiling. That had nothing to do with bending, no nothing at all. She'll just turn away from you to take care of that. And try to think of how to better explain... Talking about it to Nami when she thought she'd never see Jet again was one thing, but now that he was very much alive...] ...he's just someone we met on our travels.

[Yup. Just.] And I think that the reason why the Avatars are reincarnated in a cycle was to help preserve balance. The Avatar is extremely powerful, so knowing that he or she could remain neutral would be really important.