Discussion Pre-emptive Youki Sensing Ability (PYSA)

Arasor · Sep 8, 2009

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I've decided to merge two existing threads - How could Teresa stop the flash sword & Does Teresa have the Pysa? - and rename them in order to leave room for broader discussions when it comes to Pre-emptive Youki Sensing. So please feel free to discuss and compare PYS with any other technique here. ~ Ancy

After the recent events with Rafaela and her handling of the Windcutter technique, i began to consider past events:

Every opponent of Clare's Flash Sword (and later Windcutter) that survived it seemed to either be too resilient for the attack to work or able to somehow suprise Clare herself before she could direct the sword to that direction (or in the case of Ophelia, who still lost but put up a good fight-block the technique with enough mass as to exhaust Clare before she reaches her target).

The only exceptions to this were Rafaela and Teresa. Rafaela's special attributes or skills were never directly stated but it was made very clear that the only reason Teresa can match the flash sword was through her incomparable yoki sensing capabilities.

So far so good, but how could Teresa, who didn't even release her yoki once when facing Irene's quick sword (the strongest user of that skill so far) be able to deflect an attack with such speed? to take it into a bit more realistic context, even if someone told me right now that in 3 seconds my house will completely explode, i wouldn't make it to the exist in time. In that vain, how can Teresa possibly block an attack that much faster then her even if she knows where to block? It's not like she awakened her own arm to be able to act with that speed.

Goral · Sep 8, 2009