Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1.40.59.59-20160722090111/@comment-25936766-20160723040824

ChishioKunrin wrote: SomeoneYouUsedToKnow wrote: (with side effects, of course. Otherwise anyone could be a Maiden.........unless....). One difference being that Maidens can apparently still use their powers even after they've run out of Aura, but you can't use Dust if you have no Aura to activate it with.

Well, my idea was leaning more towards the Dust infusion making your body produce it and be capable of releasing the elemental energy naturally. So following that headcanon, you wouldn't need Aura to use that specific element because you esentially become living Dust.

Perhaps it's the same with the Maidens? Their bodies produce elemental energy on their own so they don't need to use Aura to use that energy. Any lack of noticeable side effects could be their body being altered in some way by the powers when received to adapt to that energy and avoid anything nasty, like seizures or something.

But that is following a theory/hypothesis that I'd feel better explaining tomorrow, right here and now it's 12AM where I live.