Uh....we're connected in ways I can't even begin to try and explain.
That spirit, Raava...she and the dark spirit have been in opposition forever. But neither one can win, because the world needs both. But back when humans were still new, and almost nobody could even use bending, the dark spirit tricked the very first bender and became more powerful. So Raava merged her lifeforce with the first bender, to combine their strength to subdue and trap Vaatu again. And ever since then the Avatar has carried Raava through the generations, sharing existence and keeping the balance of the world.
[Super simplified version of what happened, but she doesn't want to bore Dave.]
At least until some really awful stuff went down, but it's fine now and everything's the way it should be.
[More or less. The whole thing's just started over again. She's lost her connection to her past lives, but not to Raava and she'll just be the next Avatar's first past life.]
[Only Korra could manage to be both the umpteenth Avatar and the first.]
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That spirit, Raava...she and the dark spirit have been in opposition forever. But neither one can win, because the world needs both. But back when humans were still new, and almost nobody could even use bending, the dark spirit tricked the very first bender and became more powerful. So Raava merged her lifeforce with the first bender, to combine their strength to subdue and trap Vaatu again. And ever since then the Avatar has carried Raava through the generations, sharing existence and keeping the balance of the world.
[Super simplified version of what happened, but she doesn't want to bore Dave.]
At least until some really awful stuff went down, but it's fine now and everything's the way it should be.
[More or less. The whole thing's just started over again. She's lost her connection to her past lives, but not to Raava and she'll just be the next Avatar's first past life.]
[Only Korra could manage to be both the umpteenth Avatar and the first.]