Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-130.245.192.22-20170629055623/@comment-25936766-20170629184018

ChishioKunrin wrote:

Side note: What I wanna know is, if people can train with their Aura to the point of being able to do this, why is there also a type of Dust that allows someone to create a barrier like it? Has it ever been confirmed that the barriers Weiss and Neo used, and the one in Amity, were (always) Dust itself? And not simply some Barrier-generating technology that runs on Dust like everything else?

Dust can do a lot, but in a general sense it's used as Energy. So why assume the Dust causes the Barrier, instead of powering the tech that causes the Barrier? It makes perfect sense for Amity.

For Weiss, she was the daughter of the Big Boss of the SDC, so her weapon having such tech wouldn't be too unbelievable (and Weiss not using it pre-V2 can be justified by the fact that she was a dumbass at fighting before V2).

Sure, you can argue that "If there is Barrier Dust, maybe she didn't use it pre-V2, but added it to Myrtenaster in V2". But the logic is the same: She was an idiot in V1, and didn't do the logical stuff she should've done at times. Both hypothesis run on the exact same logic.

As for Neo.....she could've stolen it. Or made it herself. Roman got himself a cane that doubles as a grenade launcher, and he was a wanted criminal. Neo getting something "fancy" as well, one way or another, is not so incredible.

Overall, my point is, no need to assume the Barrier=Dust. It's perfectly reasonable to assume Dust is just the fuel used to power up the tech that creates the Barrier. Meaning Dust=Batteries here.

It still explains your question too: Only living beings (and Penny) can use Aura, and Aura barriers require training. Buildings like Amity can't use Aura, so it needs another way to make a barrier.