The Way with Eyes
By JessieHeart
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The way with eyes are, they give you a mark. They are your mark. Firebenders—the whole filthy lot of them—are marked with yellow or black eyes. Earthbenders—green or brown. Airbenders—grey. And Waterbenders? Their eyes are the bluest of clear water blue. Just like my mother's… just like mine.
Obviously, you can have these eye colors and not be a Bender, but my mother was. She was the last Waterbender in my whole village, to be exact. When she became pregnant, everyone knew there was a chance another Waterbender could come into the world. Everyone prayed her child would have blue eyes. Their prayers were