H-hey. [This is getting bad, fast. Aang slowly backs up, defensively. He might not be the best at keeping his secret identity, but with how hostile this guy's turning out to be, he feels like letting him know anything might be a bad idea.]

Air's the element of freedom... we- we definitely don't just sit around all day! I was just... I was born when that Sozin guy was fire lord. And when he - he used the comet to attack my people. Now... now I'm here. [He goes on uneasily, perhaps hoping a bit that the unease could be attributed to recalling something so traumatic rather than his worries about himself..]