Physiology
This is a complex category, but at least we've
witnessed enough to write quite a lot. We'll break it down into
sections.
Tough Skin
Anybody who's watched Outlaw Star can probably
recall that Aisha Clanclan's skin can withstand even what would
normally be considered the deepest of cuts. Gene Starwind's blade that
was able to cut through Death Rob's cyborg body was smashed to pieces
by Aisha's in the fifth episode. Having said that, in the same episode
Aisha explained that her skin's toughness is amplified increasingly by
her beast state. In other words you probably shouldn't call her an
animal when she's really starting to look like one. In the fourteenth
episode (The Final Countdown) Aisha was able to swipe away a bullet.
Suzuka was also able to deflect one with her bokken, although that's
hardly surprising as she can slice a truck in two with it. Whether a
Ctarl-Ctarl could survive a gunshot point-blank is unknown.
We're about to cover this, but a Ctarl-Ctarl's
skin isn't impervious to lasers. It's plausible that humans used laser
weapons against the Ctarl-Ctarl in past conflicts when traditional guns
would not work. A Ctarl-Ctarl's skin can also handle heat surprisingly
well. Aisha even found extremely hot water as comfortable as we'd find
a hot spring.
Regenerative Healing Abilities
After Gene treated Aisha to a meal at Blue
Heaven and she still threatened him, he used a caster shell on her.
This was very likely a non-lethal shell designed to only paralyse
temporarily. Nevertheless she quickly recovered from the attack. If you
paid good attention while watching Outlaw Star you'd have noticed she
can also recover from much worse things rather quickly...
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