Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-33053086-20171006004010/@comment-4010415-20171013022518

191.7.168.97 wrote: maybe it is to absorb power, because Jaune lost the bruise on his face and the cardin seemed weaker after trying to punch him Jaune's bruise disappearing was stated to be an animation error.

And I think Cardin was just scared. His teammates ran away from the Ursa Major and one of them yelled "That's a big Ursa!" like they had never seen one that big before.