Niokko thought for a brief moment. He had been in the Earth kingdom for so long that he had been starting to forget about his home. He still knew a lot about it, though, but there were a few spots in his memory where it was just the slightest bit fuzzy. "Well, the North and South are different places, that's for sure. But for both of them, Tradition is key. We've been doing things the same ways for forever, since the founding of the Tribes, I think." He explained to her. "In the North, it was only recently that the chief allowed women to learn traditional waterbending, not just healing. The South used to have a bunch of female warrior waterbenders up until several years ago. Katara is the last native Southern Tribe waterbender." We used to talk to the spirits too, not sure if they still do that, though. The South is a bit more wild than the North, from what I've heard. Not as impressive, building wise."