[ zuko shook his head, though there was a grain of truth in the rareness of his own power. he no longer bent like most firebenders did, but that wasn't something to be shared with just anyone. what he learned from the dragons needed to be protected, even if those dragons weren't necessarily under threat in a world they weren't present in. ]

A good portion of my country's population is born with the ability to firebend. Some can do it, others can't. You have to train to get better at it, to focus it so you're not just setting tapestries on fire.