In Republic City? With all the people here? Believe me, I've tried to meet people here with the same interests, and there are just too many different ones.

[Though technically, Bolin's positivity certainly would "find" more similarities than meets the eye, really.

[However, her enthusiasm to see his lavabending does give him a bit of a pause.]

Weeeeeeell, it's a bending type that... I don't think would be all that easy to show in the city. Where there are people... and buildings... that would probably get damaged in the process. I mean, lavabending isn't exactly something you just want to throw around without being careful about it.......