Talk:Yang Xiao Long/@comment-25405817-20151005211146/@comment-24.104.77.242-20151006205507

1: White Magic offers recuperative effects, not actual healing. The latter is simply a half-assed phrase used in the fiction. Proof lies in the fact that in-story, there are usually injuries that cannot be healed by magic and people die and cannot be resurrected. The term "die" in player-controlled battles is a horrible misuse because the character has simply been ko'd, not killed.

2: In RWBY, specifically in the White Trailer, we have already seen Weiss use Burn Dust to boost her attack strength. We know this because she was able to deflect the Knight's attack, but no flames appeared to assault the Knight as a result of her strike. Therefore, it can be said that adding a flame-element to her attack was clearly not her intention.

With the latter consideration, we can assume that elements in RWBY can be used to accomplish things they are not readily capable of in our universe. We know that water has healing properties. Water generated by Dust may boost those properties. I could go on, but I'm horribly lazy.