[....hUH. that actually does. sound like magic. from his world. or Dust usage, at least. But he supposes there are some semblances that are elemental in nature, like that kid Nora's ability to absorb lightning.]
people have only one ability each too, mostly but controlling elements can also be real magic where we're from, so it's extra weird how that's different between our worlds
anyway like i said when your aura breaks you can't keep up your semblance, but it also means we can't use it to protect our bodies anymore, either so we can be actually injured after that
It's really inconsistent between the worlds, which has made trying to find any kind of pattern almost impossible. Someone I met here uses something she called magic and she can create water from nothing. That would never happen at home.
You can't be injured before that?
[ Can this be taught, is the real question he has, because it sounds very useful. ]
yeah, that'd be magic for us too generally, anyway i guess someone could have a semblance like that so water...benders can only work with water that already exists?
not if we've actively got our aura in place, no it does take a mental effort to do that, though so if you're inexperienced or have it down because you're conserving aura it could happen or if the damage would've just been too much for your aura to take in the first place
as far as i know, it's just us not sure that's the kind of thing i'd be willing to test with an outsider though without an aura you will definitely bleed if you're cut
It's awful. It only happened to me once, but. Hard to forget.
[ Yikes!!! And that's the last Mako's going to say about it, thank you; he tries his best not to think about that particular incident anymore than he has to. ]
I mean, I bleed when I'm cut anyway, but it wouldn't surprise me if it was just a your-world thing. There are some very weirdly specific things to the places people come from.
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on both counts
[....hUH. that actually does. sound like magic. from his world. or Dust usage, at least. But he supposes there are some semblances that are elemental in nature, like that kid Nora's ability to absorb lightning.]
people have only one ability each too, mostly
but controlling elements can also be real magic where we're from, so it's extra weird how that's different between our worlds
anyway like i said when your aura breaks you can't keep up your semblance, but it also means we can't use it to protect our bodies anymore, either
so we can be actually injured after that
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You can't be injured before that?
[ Can this be taught, is the real question he has, because it sounds very useful. ]
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generally, anyway
i guess someone could have a semblance like that
so water...benders can only work with water that already exists?
not if we've actively got our aura in place, no
it does take a mental effort to do that, though
so if you're inexperienced or have it down because you're conserving aura it could happen
or if the damage would've just been too much for your aura to take in the first place
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Does everyone have an aura, or is it just people from your world? Being able to not take hits sounds pretty convenient.
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[Like, yikes? yikes???]
as far as i know, it's just us
not sure that's the kind of thing i'd be willing to test with an outsider though
without an aura you will definitely bleed if you're cut
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[ Yikes!!! And that's the last Mako's going to say about it, thank you; he tries his best not to think about that particular incident anymore than he has to. ]
I mean, I bleed when I'm cut anyway, but it wouldn't surprise me if it was just a your-world thing. There are some very weirdly specific things to the places people come from.
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even magic can't do that, i'm pretty sure
[....he's pretty sure. He does not think he wants to ask Oz about that, okay. He will live in this ignorance and fucking appreciate it.]
yeah i know
my point is if i could be sure you could activate an aura i could train you in that but otherwise you'll just get hurt