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((A molecule? As in singular? That wouldn't accomplish much.))

((Actually it would. Something stopped in time can't be affected by anything. If that single molecule is in the way of the punch they hit that molecule and because it can't move, they are either stopped or, with enough force, tear their hand up as that molecule slides inside their fist.))

((Yeah, but it's so small, that's what I'm getting at. Who is to say that they can't just move around it? A moluecule doesn't take up much mass.))

((Mass by definition isn't a measurement of weight. Weight and mass are two different things.

So when I say mass, I mean how much space it takes up, like you said.))

((While a single molecule might not halt a punch from a ki fighter entirely, thats going to hurt. Tac usually creates a shield of such, and Post-Ikian Tac will be even better at it cause he'll be able to use gravity to make a condensed field of air and then freeze that in time.))

((Also, how would a ki fighter throwing a punch know that a single molecule in his path has just become the best physical shield in existance? How do you move around that? Don't even get me started on some of the more fun aspects of time dialation.))

<<@Ichi: ::has seen wonders - or horrors, depending on one's preferences - in those several shunkan-hours that're beyond imagination and all description:: ..... _^_ .....

::Not another moment in time passes, when Cain's arm comes to a dead halt. As if hitting an impenetrable wall a mile thick, all of the kinetic energy of his powerful punch is absorbed in the impact. User would experience a similar abrupt stop to his motion, his leg held in the air. Around the knuckles of Cain and the ankle of User are wrapped the long, black-fingernailed digits of the Mystic Orinian Wolf Demon, his hands gently holding the boys' attacking appendages in place after catching them.

He is standing in a statuesque manner, his heels just more than a foot apart as his wolflike tail sways behind him. He gives the boys both a brief glance as he parts his lips gently to speak to them in a tone just hardly above a whisper.::

....time.

::As if dealing with children - which he is, in a sense - he calmly nudges Cain and User away from eachother, the loose grip of his hands opening even more into flat palms. His vermillion eyes shrouded from either fighter's view, it's a clear invitation for the young fighters to willingly withdraw and cease their attack. Both of his arms now free, he especially keeps an eye on User, knowing how brazen he can be at times.::

((It doesn't just have to be one molecule, ya know, that was an example of the stopping power of a single molecule. He usually creates either a sphere around him or a plane of them in front of him not unlike a shield. Ya, he can pick and chose at will, but still, only one is kinda hard. Hell, I could stop one in front of your skull as you dart forward and watch it plow through your head and turn your grey matter to mush. Though most would hit it and go "OW! MOTHER ********" and stop. Theres a reason I scaled down my usage of time based powers. It leads to such a discussion.))

((Either way, I gotta get going. I have a business final in under a half hour. ^_^))

"Looks like that's game." Keno shifts his position as he watches the fight come to an abrupt halt. He wasn't quite as experienced with Cain's mannerisms, but User would likely want to settle the score sometime just for record's sake. Couldn't say he blamed the monkey though. It was a good fight. He wasn't as positive about his rival's likelihood to rise through the ranks. He wasn't even sure if he would come out on top against Pro. The matches in this tournament were deifnitely not for amateurs.

"I suppose I should be off then," he says mutters to himself as he doesn't move....at all.