The Cold Hard Truth part 1(s3)

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Ruby scours through the train wreckage and picks up bullets, before looking to see the Relic of Knowledge slightly buried in the snow nearby. Yang can be heard complaining as she struggles to get bumblebee out of the snow. 

Yang: Great! This is just great! We're stranded, we lost a third of our party, our two best chances of getting out of here are hurt and we've gained a defenseless old lady! 

Charlie walks over Yang as they manages to extricate Bumblebee, but she falls over to the ground, with her motorcycle following suit as she's partially covered in snow. He helps her up

Maria: My name is Maria Calavera, and I am not defenseless! I'm just a little hard of hearing. And blind without my eyes, that are in desperate need of repair. (taps on her prosthetics, which open wide and close, before opening narrowly again.) Okay, I'm starting to see your point.  

Y/n Crosses his arms, walking over to his cousin

Y/n: on the bright side, if we get ambush we'll just sacrifices her. 

Yang: they'll spit her out since she probably taste like an old sock

Qrow: (grunts) Yang, knock it off, will ya? If we lose our cool now, we'll just be inviting even more Grimm.  

Blake: Does that even matter? Apparently, we've been attracting Grimm ever since we left Haven.  

Yang: Oh, and how could I forget about that? (turns to Oscar) What happened to "no more lies and half truths"?  

Oscar: Yeah, I think it's time we got an explanation...  

Oscar's eyes glow as control of his body is switched to Ozpin, who furrows his brow at Yang's accusations.  

Ozpin: I did not lie to you...  

Weiss: Well you certainly didn't tell us everything about the Relic.  

Ozpin: Please, now is not the time.  

Yang: No, we're past that! I wanna know why you're still not telling us everything!  

Y/n looks at his cousin who wanted to say something but didn't.

Ozpin: It is true that the Grimm are attracted to the Relics. It's faint, but undeniable. I believe it has to do with their origin, but I'm not entirely sure. Regardless, I feared that making you all aware would only add anxiety and negativity. It seemed like the safer option.  

Weiss: You know, I'm getting really tired of people choosing what's best for me.  

Yang: Is that why you chose to lie to everyone about Lionheart too?  

Ozpin: Yes, as a matter of fact, I believed the Kingdom of Mistral deserved better than the truth. And I believed Leonardo deserved to be remembered for his lifetime of service, and not for the unfortunate missteps he made in his final years.  

Yang: Missteps?!  

Ozpin: What Professor Lionheart did was reprehensible. I am not here to argue differently, but does one lapse in judgment truly negate all of his good? Do we not all have regrets? You may have met Professor Lionheart, but you never met the man he was before Salem found him.  

Yang: Look, we're supposed to be in this together. You can trust us! We're not gonna turn our backs on you.  

Ozpin: (raising his voice) Do you really think Leo was the first?!  

Everyone stops.  

Ozpin: That he didn't say those exact same words to me? I'm sorry, but you have to understand that my behaviors are backed by experience. I'm not saying that I have reason to think you will betray me. I'm saying that I have reasons for the things that I do, the secrets I keep, the reason I... (suddenly stops and realizes something) Where's the Relic?  

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