Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-26397825-20160609071212/@comment-25936766-20160709211223

MiniDaggers wrote: 2. And trying to argue that dust can be manipulated by anyone a certain way when only one character has demonstrated it isn't a flawed argument? No because if they didn't use any unique abilities to do it there's no reason to assume only they can do it.

Basically, it's like this: If Wizard A can do a certain fire spell, then Wizards B, C and D can do the same spell, provided they have the skill and knowledge. But if Wizard A can do it specifically because of some special divine mark, then B, C and D cannot do it.

In this case, the Maiden Powers only grant control over the elements, and even then apparently to a limited extent since Amber still used Dust regardless of redundancy. On their own, nothing that would allow Cinder to decompose and recompose the arrow. Yet she did anyway.

Anything the Maidens can do, any other Aura user can do with enough variety and skill over Dust. So there's no reason to assume only Cinder could do that. Anyone else could, whether by controlling the object that is made entirely of Dust, or by using different Dust types in quick succession to simulate the same.