Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-94.0.112.90-20170226202217/@comment-28288412-20170226203729

SomeoneYouUsedToKnow wrote: MiniDaggers wrote: Because being younger than someone doesn't stop you from being a dick to them? Except that given the apparent difference in skill level between 2nd Years and 1st Years, Velvet was perfectly capable of kicking their asses, even without the Rip-Off Machine. Not necessarily. Without their weapons huntsmen can be completely different in terms of skill. But more relevant:

1. Velvet isn't a dick. Given her shown personality she's not the type to cause a fight if she can avoid it. Plus Cardin being a physically imposing if not necessarily more skilled person with three people to back him up, combined with her somewhat timid personality early on when not talking to friends, her reaction isn't surprising.

2. In order to actually beat Cardin and pals unarmed or armed she would have to use her semblance. In the former example one has to question if she could keep it up long enough to put them down, in the latter it's overkill and she wouldn't waste the images.