Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-25411051-20140918033238/@comment-4010415-20140918065302

Jarhead My Fur wrote: Well, considering Ren is a prodigy, I think that very few people are able to block bullets. That being said, Ruby pobably did notice, but has yet to say it. When did we get any hints at Ren being a prodigy?

If anything, Ruby would connect the glowing eyes, not the fact that Cinder used aura to block her bullets. I think it's just that not many people actually put in the effort to train themselves in utilizing raw aura for purposes other than using their semblance, transferring it into their weapons, and being protected from injury in general.

Also, seriously, Cinder's mask didn't disguise her face very well. The only reason Ruby didn't recognize her before was because she was in shadow in the first episode, so Ruby couldn't see her face. Now she's seen Cinder at Beacon but doesn't know she's the one who was working with Torchwick in the first episode.

I seriously doubt that someone using aura shields to block attacks is going to be considered something outrageously abnormal.