Talk:History of the World of Avatar/@comment-75.198.78.202-20101107174849/@comment-3257537-20101208005440

"In the era before the avatar, we bent not the elements, but the energy within ourselves." I don't think that one can jump to the conclusion that "we" includes humans. All evidence in the show indicates that humans (until this point) have only ever attained element-bending (which they learned from various animals and the moon). The lionturtle can only be assumed to be referring to lionturtles and possibly other ancient `mythical' creatures.