Talk:Adam Taurus/@comment-86.152.206.133-20160430230853/@comment-26317073-20160502160212

Could be he chooses when to absorb and when not to absorb. Semblances can be manually activated. As to why he doesn't always absorb......I don't know. Maybe there's a limit, maybe he'll blow up if takes to much or something.

I always did think he absorbed energy which would explain Blake's bullets since Aura is an energy source and Pyrrha told us weapons are conduits for Aura.

It seemed like they didn't want to explain Adam's Semblance in the marathon livestream. They were acting like it was some sort of spoiler. They had a similair reaction when asked about Cinder's glove. Maybe Adam knows a few things about the old Remnant, about "magic" and the like (note I didn't say the same things that Ozlumanati and Cinder know about.  I highly doubt the Maidens and Salem are the only "magic" things). Maybe his Semblance isn't entirely natural. We know so little about him right now, I don't think anyone can say for sure.

And yes,  I know Miles confirmed in the Afterbuzz that his attack was so powerful it cut through Yang's Aura but that doesn't mean any thing. It just tells us his attack is powerful (which was obvious).