Bending isn't natural. While people are now born with it, its origins came from an ancient era where people developed the skill. Waterbenders, for instance, learned how to bend water by observing the moon push and pull the tides.
[He said these words with as much conviction behind them as he could. He meant them. But deep down there as a part of him that agreed with her, that bending could be a part of a person's very identity...
Amon took a deep breath and pushed those feelings down as he held out his hand, showing his thumb.]
The spirits of my world granted me the power to take a person's bending away permanently. While I cannot expect to take away bending from every person in the world, destroying it culturally and then outlawing it will lead to it dying out as a practice. Everyone will be treated equally under the law, everyone will be a non-bender.
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[He said these words with as much conviction behind them as he could. He meant them. But deep down there as a part of him that agreed with her, that bending could be a part of a person's very identity...
Amon took a deep breath and pushed those feelings down as he held out his hand, showing his thumb.]
The spirits of my world granted me the power to take a person's bending away permanently. While I cannot expect to take away bending from every person in the world, destroying it culturally and then outlawing it will lead to it dying out as a practice. Everyone will be treated equally under the law, everyone will be a non-bender.