"What do you mean, you're watching her? Where are we even going?"
The others followed Kahn down a road to who knew where, looking utterly bewildered. As he led the way, Kahn gave a brief explanation:
"This is a Spiritbending technique. It lets you sense the location of [Spirits] directly, ignoring physical matter. Only people with a talent for Spiritbending can learn and master it."
Takara exclaimed in surprise:
"Spiritbending? There are other Bending arts besides the Four Bending Arts?"
Kahn smiled.
"Actually, Spiritbending is the oldest Bending art belonging to humanity itself. It existed long before the Lion Turtle bestowed the Four Bending Arts on humans."
"So it's more mystical mumbo jumbo. I've had enough. Can't you leave us ordinary people a little room to survive?"
Sokka, who was utterly impervious to anything mystical, had no interest in any of this and griped in exasperation.
Kahn continued his introduction:
"People with a talent for Spiritbending can see Deities, perform Spirit Projection, and travel through the Spirit World. Those are only the most basic applications of Spiritbending. Speaking of which, you know about the Spirit World, right?"
Aang's eyes immediately lit up at that.
"The Avatar is the bridge between humans and Deities. It would be strange if you didn't have a talent for Spiritbending, wouldn't it?"
Kahn smiled as he spoke, but midway through, he suddenly remembered something.
Master Guru Pathik had once told him that he was waiting for the Avatar to return and that he would guide the Avatar in learning Spiritbending.
Wasn't the Avatar standing right in front of him now?
So Kahn said to Aang:
"Oh, right. I just remembered something that concerns you."
"The person who taught me Spiritbending is Master Guru Pathik. When he was young, he was good friends with a master