Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1.40.59.59-20160722090111/@comment-26018514-20160723155820

SomeoneYouUsedToKnow wrote:

That would explain the case with the wires. But not the case with the truck.

actually, it explains that too... remember, given Ruby's reaction a normal person would have likely died... Penny barely moved, and you have to add the fact that technically the only "skin" she needs is the metal support layer so the aura failing to protect the organic bits works in one or two distinct possibilities;

1. her aura flatlined

2. Her aura did not protect the skin to prioritize survival.

3. Aura deflects most, but not all damage in the first place

Remember that people have differing strengths of Aura too, so while she is novel in that she has it as a machine she needn't have the strongest or even something on the high side of the aura spectrum to be effective as proof of concept.