Quote Originally Posted by Cilia View Post
My current hypothesis is that Zenos achieved Resonance either shortly before or after Fordola did; he did not display the abilities he has in Ala Mhigo during our battles at Rhalgr's Reach or Yuzuka Manor and has two Resonant Eyes instead of just one like Fordola. The battle at Yuzuka Manor is more important for this - he has Ame-no-Habakiri there as well, but never uses Art of the Sword...
I find that a little difficult to accept, considering in the first encounter he barely considers us worth putting any effort into fighting...and the second time, we're only interesting enough to him for him to want to see what his new toy is like.

We weren't worthy opponents in his eyes, so he was barely trying (and still kicked our butts six ways to sunday). It's not until we fight him in Ala Mhigo that he actually fights us seriously, although I do question why he didn't use his Resonance against us there.