Talk:Mental shield/@comment-82.2.194.157-20120120215148/@comment-7600752-20140404044840

That correct. Bella's shield gift was already working when she was a human. That's why Edward or any of the other thought projection vampires could never affect her. Bella later learned to hone this power and she was able to control it well enough to project it and protect others. But that was still the same gift. Bella just learned how to use and manipulate her gift. But Bella does have another gift entirely. Bella has super self-control as a newborn. How Bella acts after her transformation is almost unheard of.