Talk:Mercury Black/@comment-172.56.38.197-20151221012939/@comment-24891101-20151222052110

Finally figured out what was bothering me about your dismissal of this, Chishio. So far, we've seen precisely one concept attached to characters that is supernormal: Aura. Semblance is a subset, obviously. Given that the characters in the show perform all manner of impossible athletic feats for which no other explanation is given, the explanation must be aura. This leads to greater strength, greater speed, faster reaction times, and various other physical enhancements. Given that this Aura seems to generally buff a person, in addition to what has been said and indeed seen about its protective qualities, as well as what is implied about Ozpin's age and the effect of aura on senescence, we have a compelling if circumstantial case for accelerated healing, a thing which logically follows from the general buffs, retarded aging, and protective nature. Couple this with the wildcard of Jaune's semblance and Doylistic reasoning regarding the later date of introduction of that concept (similar reasoning was made regarding Ren's activities and their attributability to aura in general or merely his semblance), and it's pretty well tied up with a bow. Certainly one wouldn't heal as quickly if one doesn't have as much aura as Jaune, but the general buffs to a system as complex as the body would likely include healing.