She nods weakly, and takes a deep breath, looking back out over the water. Even though she's hesitant to use her bending, just being near the river is a comfort. The ocean, she's sure, would be better, but here she can be closer, safer.

"It happened after Ba Sing Sei... We met an old woman from my tribe-- a waterbender. I was so excited to find another bender from my tribe, too," she laments quietly, shaking her head. "She taught me how to draw water from almost anything: the air, plants..." Her gaze fell back to her hands. "We realized later that she had been terrorizing the village we were in... she was bloodbending people and keeping them prisoner every full moon, in revenge for being taken captive in one of the raids on our tribe. She wanted me to help her, and I refused, but then you and Sokka showed up and she turned you on each other... I had to stop her... and she got exactly what she wanted."

A bloodbender.