Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26579022-20161015161855/@comment-25936766-20161114021006

99.72.96.210 wrote: 1-Each person has a supply of 100 aura units.

2-Say a gunshot to the chest takes out 20, a person could take 5 gunshots to the chest before depleting their aura. Yang still has 100 aura even missing her arm.

3-If it were to “concentrate” as you described it, does that mean she can take 6 shots to the chest before depleting?

4-Why would losing a limb decrease the amount of damage the bullet imparts or increase her aura to compensate?

5-And I would imagine aura is like "will", so losing her arm probably crushed her will and drained her aura.

6-People like Ironwood or Mercury have massive wills, and thus are able to maintain their full aura.

1-Isn't that an even bigger assumption? Everyone has different amounts of Aura. Otherwise, Jaune having so much of it for Pyrrha to point out makes no sense.

2-Isn't that what I said? Her Aura amount remains the same. It's just more concentrated since the smaller volume means it doesn't need to extend as much.

3-Yes. Aura is not just quantity, it's Quality. Like a muscle, size doesn't matter, what matters is their strength. That is why Jaune gets noticeably injured and bruised in Vol.1 despite having lots of Aura.

And thus, the more concentrated the Aura, the smaller the area it would cover, but it can take more damage with less problems.

4-Because without the limb, her Volume decreases. I assume you know what Volume is when it comes to objects in space. With a lower volume, her Aura doesn't need to extend as much to cover her whole body, thus it remains more concentrated.

5-And you say I'm making big assumptions. Will and Aura are completely unrelated. Assuming you mean "Willpower" and not something else.

If anything, losing Will would affect Aura the same way losing Will would affect your desire to do something. If you lack the will to fire a gun, you will be less inclined to fire it. Same here; at most, one would be less willing to use their Aura. But the actual Aura remains the same.

6-Sigh....so, Anoobis, this shows you missed some important facts in that idea. Besides the fact that Will is unrelated to Aura in every sense:

-Ironwood: Is a General, Headmaster, Hunter, Soldier, Cyborg. With who-knows-how-much training and experience behind him. He's tough because he is, not any stupid "Will", simple training and experience over the years.

-Mercury: Very skilled, at the very least at 2nd-Year Hunter level. And trained by an assassin, if he isn't one himself, before meeting Cinder. He's that good because he is simply that good. His skill and expertise are the reasons. Not any "Will"; simple skill.

If you want to prove Will has anything to do with Aura, you'll have to come up with better examples.