06x08 - Dead End

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Stay close. Just.

Just.

Home.

But we had a dream.

The sparrows. Born to fly. Our mountain.

Given out to reach.

Rodney doesn't take it back from anyone.

And we'll catch the stream together some. By like the.

Oh.

Come on. You didn't even hear us out.

Our orders are clear. The Mistral Atlas border is closed.

Please have a good day. But a good day.

Hey, if you don't want to believe

that I'm friends with Ironwood. General. Ironwood.

Yeah, General Ironwood then fine. But look,

we have Weiss Schnee with us, and we're

trying to get her home safely.

Approach.

Mm.

Very well. You may speak with our commanding officer.

We will fetch her at once. Hup hup hup hup hup hup hup

hup hup hup hup hup hup hup! They were..

Kind of.. Super weird, huh? Yeah.

Hmm. What's wrong? Well, I may know this commanding officer.

That's good, isn't it? If she's your friend,

then maybe she'd be more willing to help us.

I wouldn't exactly call us friends.

Acquaintances? Not quite. Colleagues. Former enemies. That's the one.

Wait. What? Oh, yes. I come through

here about once every ten years to get

my eyes checked up in Atlas.

You bring outside cashews on one flight,

and suddenly your place on the additional screening list for life.

You've got to be kidding me. Now,

now, let's not give up hope yet. Maybe she's dead.

Introducing special operative Caroline Cordovan.

Which she devil.

I see you've chosen a larger contraband to smuggle this time.

Oh, Gordo. You know, they say time changes people,

but I see you've still got that stick right up.

Miss cordovan. My name is Ruby Rose,

and I was wondering if you would hear us out about.

I've already heard what your other little

friends had to say. Miss Rose.

What are you doing back here? I thought I told you to leave.

And I told you we wouldn't.

Nice to see.. You again as well.

You civilians are clearly incapable of comprehending

the importance of our mission here in August.

So allow me to say this slowly, with smaller words.

This base. That relay tower. The very

safety of Argus are all gifts from the glorious Kingdom of Atlas,

and it is my duty to uphold them as only I have the wit

and tenacity for such a task, such.. Wit, such tenacity.

Or maybe Atlas just wanted to get

you as far from the kingdom as possible.

You're just like the rest of these Argus ingrates.

This city wouldn't even be here if

it weren't for our Elysian ancestors.

And what do we get in return?

The entire world is ready to put

a Kn*fe to our throats. Please.

We know your kingdom had nothing to

do with the fall of beacon.

We were there. No one's happy about the Atlas borders or embargo.

But I know General Ironwood is just worried.

It's why we need to talk.

The general is no coward. Atlas is strong.

He followed the kingdom's plan to make us their enemy.

Then so be it. Atlas will prevail. Atlas will prevail.

Do you guys seriously have to do that?

If Miss Schnee has truly come to her

senses and wishes to return to her family,

then of course, the Atlas m*llitary will escort her home.

But the kingdom will not be responsible

for her friends of questionable character.

What's that supposed to mean? It means we're done here.

Oh, yeah? Well, your face looks like a big,

dumb boot. Way to show her, Nora.

I don't. Weiss. I told you we wouldn't

leave your side for a second.

We'll find a way to Atlas together. Mm.

So where are.. We going now? Yeah. What's the plan?

The plan? The plan just got shut

on our face three times over. I'm going for a drink.

Uncle Crow. I really think we should

What's his problem? It's not your fault. We can't go on.

If he's going to be a jerk.

Then we'll just come up with something without him.

I mean, we've got Aspen with us. He usually knows what to do.

What is it? Go. John. Everything we did was for nothing.

That's not true, really? Because it sure does sound like it.

I if Salem can't be k*lled, then

how are we supposed to win this?

Wow. Great plan everyone.

Look, none of this is great. We know,

but we're not the bad guys here.

Are we sure about that? What? He's in your head, isn't he?

Did you already know about this? He didn't know any of it.

How much longer can we even trust him, John?

How do we even know it's really him?

What have we been talking to that liar this whole time, John?

Is he going to be okay? I don't know.

I think it would be best if we had some time to ourselves.

Maybe we could all use some space.

Come on. Please.

Where are you? You know,

I came out here to avoid the yelling.

Sorry. And the others went to get food for tonight.

Why not go with them? I don't know.

I don't know anything. What do I tell

John and his team when we don't even have a plan?

The colonel's out drinking. The husband hasn't come back.

And even if he did, I don't know if I could trust him.

Well, there's always gin, but we only

have one more question we can ask her.

I feel like I'm letting everyone down.

You know, you don't give yourself enough credit. Oh.

Thanks. That wasn't a compliment. What if I have

to explain it to you? It'll just defeat the purpose.

But if you're tired of not knowing anything,

how about we discuss those eyes of yours?

Oh, yes, ma'am, I would be honored.

Sit back down, for Pete's sake.

Let's start with what you do know. Tell me.

Uh, silver eyed people are supposed to be legendary warriors or something.

And at the fall of beacon I

turned a giant withered into stone.

Oh, boy. Look, if I already knew everything,

I wouldn't be asking for help yelling.

It's not your.. Fault. I had my father to teach me,

and even he didn't have all the answers.

But what he told me makes sense, given what I've seen.

Was he a huntsman, too? It wasn't

really an official title back in his day.

I only knew him as an old soldier and an excellent teacher.

I never attended one of those fancy academies of yours,

but I scored higher on the license

exam than any other Huntsman or Huntress that day.

Huh? You must have been proud.

He would have scolded me for showing off.

He'd never been able to find much information about our abilities.

Just legends of warriors whose eyes shone like mirrors.

Reflecting the light of the world onto darkness.

He found so little, in fact, that it made him cautious.

How could such powerful bloodlines be so rare?

Unless something was actively seeking to destroy them.

Salem. I tried to keep my powers a secret,

but as you know, it wasn't enough.

I owe my life to my training and my semblance

at the end of the day. Those

are still your most powerful tools. What is your semblance?

Reflexes. A silly name I came up with.

Hard to explain, but I can sense

everything better than most and react to att*cks almost before they happen.

Combine that with my training and secret

ability to turn Grimm to stone,

or blind them or vaporize them.

And that's how you become the Grim Reaper.

So how do I laser beam monsters with my eyeballs?

First you stop thinking like that. I want

you to think of all the times you've triggered your powers.

What did those moments have in common?

I was scared and stressed. Is it emotional? Like unlocking a semblance?

It's emotional, but more focused than that.

Think. What is it? You want it?

I wanted to protect my friends.

Precisely. It is the desire to preserve

life which fuels the light inside you.

And make no mistake, it is light.

Preservation is an extension of creation. Or at

the very least, an enemy of destruction.

The creatures of Grimm were made by the God of darkness.

But your light comes from his brother.

How do you know that? I always

knew how to use the light, but never.

Why. It only worked on the Grimm.

Then Jin showed us her vision. Were you paying attention?

The God of light. His eyes.

Okay. Where do we start? Well. Not here. The light will only

work in the presence of Grimm.

Meaning the only practice you'll get will be a trial by fire.

But what you can do is focus

on creating a state of mind that you can

tap into when you need it.

Don't think about your light as a means of destroying evil,

but as a way to protect the people of remnant.

But that can't be right. You said

the light only reacts to grim.

But I used it during our battle

at Haven. It reacted to cinder.

Interesting. Perhaps there was something that you just weren't seeing.

Ruby.

Oh. Hey, guys. What's going on? It's Oscar. He's missing.