Talk:Myrtenaster/@comment-37541747-20191126132231/@comment-4010415-20191126205554

Typically, but she has used glyphs with fire, as well. Namely when sending fireballs at the Lancers and when sending a fire wave to light the alcohol in front of the Apathy.

With Ice Dust, she simply uses glyphs to manipulate the direction and formation of ice crystals, but we have seen her use Ice Dust without glyphs before, as well. For example, both times she made a thin sheet of ice on the ground in Painting the Town.

We also have her using Wind Dust against Flynt without any glyphs, having the wind come directly from Myrtenaster itself.

I've talked before about how her using glyphs with Dust is often just her relying on using her Semblance to manipulate the movement and formation of whatever she manifests from Dust instead of actually working on being able to control and manipulate her Aura better. She should train with her Aura more for better manipulation of Dust, but the nature of her glyphs and their control of movement mean that she doesn't necessarily have to.