Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-73.140.18.107-20160909055159/@comment-25936766-20160910180520

73.140.18.107 wrote:Does it just keep cells from dying? It's implied through Ozpin that Aura, in great amounts and/or great power, can at the least slow down aging. So it probably doesn't downright prevent cells from dying, but makes them last much longer.

Does it make cells invincible? Does it only protect the skin? Aura users don't seem to receive any noticeable damage when protected by their Aura, so it probably does make cells invincible. At the very least keeps them together when receiving impacts, which does more or less the same.

Does it turn on and off at will? Most likely Aura users can turn it off at will. Otherwise, there would be serious complications. Imagine a Hunter is going to go through a surgery, for either important or not-important reasons. If their Aura cannot be turned off, then the surgeons would have to beat them up until their Aura reaches 0%, and even then they likely would keep going until finally seeing any signs that it's at 0%. And that's assuming the Aura wouldn't just recover during the surgery.

Which would be seriously unethical at the very least.

Does it stay on during sleep? My headcanon is that if there's Aura remaining, the user would not be protected by it if they are unconscious. That would be, in a coma, KOd, and similar stuff. Now, whether Sleep falls into it depends on how you look at it.