Chapter 10
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Ozpin didn't have any visible reaction while Glynda raised her guard against Mesa. Ozpin looked at her and motioned her to calm down then looked at Mesa again and said " mr Uchiha 6 years ago, in your first day in Signal you fought and killed 3 senior students before disappearing, i have few questions regarding the incident"
Ruby winced at mentioning the incident and looked at Mesa with eyes filled with sadness. She couldn't understand why he acted like that until now. On the other hand, Glynda became more wary of him and stared at him with hostility.
Mesa didn't pay attention to their reaction, he replied " Okay, ask what you want. I shall answer truthfully" Mesa wanted to see Ozpin reaction toward the truth. Afterall, most probably the outcome will make his situation more interesting.
Ozpin looked intently at Mesa and said " I want to know why you did that, what did you feel and where have you been all these years"
Mesa answered honestly without any hesitation " I killed them because they didn't deserve to stay alive . And no I didn't feel anything, would you feel sorry or sad when you kill harmful wild animals? Lastly, I travelled all 4 kingdoms, didn't stay in one place more than a few days"
Ruby was sad hearing Mesa's answers while Glynda was getting more angry, each time Mesa spoke. Ozpin narrowed his eyes " The life is not something you can take lightly, and we most definitely don't have the rights to decide who lives and who dies"
Mesa laughed at Ozpin " Each life has a value, however people lives are not equal. Some more important than other. In fact, some of them has no value at all, just a waste walking the world. And these values differs from one to another. Let's take a simple example. There is two people in fatal danger, no matter how hard you try, you could only save a single person. In that case, you might hesitate who to save. But if one of them is an innocent civilian while the other is a wanted criminal. Then you wouldn't hesitate to save the innocent. Now let's assume the wanted criminal is a family member or an old friend while you didn't know who is civilian. I truly doubt your choice would be the civilian again. You said we can't decide who lives and who dies, but in truth you are making these decisions all the time. Unlike you, I'm not a hypocrite"
Ozpin took a deep breath and said " I think you are correct about how the people weigh life, but i don't believe it's a hypercity. We, humans, let our feelings affect our choices subconsciously. But these thoughts don't explain why you killed them"
Mesa explained further " From my point of you, their lives values were in negative. They were a group of bullies with no morale restrictions. So i simply eliminated them. Why should we keep trash around ?"
Ozpin retorted " But they didn't cross the point of no return. They could have turned a new leaf and became good huntsmen. What you done is removing that possibility"
Mesa didn't disagree " True, humans can always change, and while it is true they could have turned a new leaf, the possibility of them to become criminals is even higher. By weighting the two possibilities, my actions were correct. But if we are looking at it from a morale stands then I'm even worse than them. Whether what i did is correct or wrong, depends on how you look at it"
Ozpin closed his eyes and took a deep breath. To the first time in centuries, he is losing a debate and on top of it, it is only a young man debating him. He pondered a little about his next words then spoke " Even though what you said is logical... to an extent. Such a doesn't suit our society. You are a intelligent young man so you should realise you are a wanted criminal. In the opinion of the society, your words will only worsen your situation "
Mesa laughed as if he heard a joke " Should i care about others opinion? What can they possibly do to me? They hold no power nor authority over me"
Ozpin narrowed his eyes " You might not care about others opinion, but about those who around you. They might hounded and treated badly because of you. What would you do then? Take their lives"
Mesa smirk disappeared and said seriously" If they do such a thing , then naturally i won't take their lives. I will simply give them DEATH." The last word came with a killing intent slightly stronger than the previous one.
Ozpin looked coldly at Mesa and said " With this mentality, you are more or less like a ticking bomb, endangering everyone dealing with. I believe with your intelligence, you understand as a huntsman I can't allow danger to get close to the innocent, and what you said can't help but give me more reasons to arrest you. This fact makes your words confusing, it's like you want me to arrest you."
Mesa smiled slightly " No, I don't want to be arrested. It's just you are not strong enough"
Ozpin furrowed his brows and said " Let's assume that I'm truly not strong enough. What about the fact there is another huntress in this room, which happens to be one of the strongest huntresses in the worlds, or the fact that you are in Vale's central police station, there is at least a hundred fully armed and trained policemen aside from the dozens of hunters in the surrounding area. Do you think all of this can't stop you ?"
Mesa looked disdainfully at Ozpin " hmmm …. Let me answer your question with a question. Would you believe me if i said it will take me exactly 10 seconds to kill every single person in this station and the surrounding area?"
When Mesa asked his question he let part of his killing intent out and directed toward Glynda and Ozpin, he hid it again when he finished speaking. Despite the killing intent was only a part of Mesa's full killing intent, Glynda was visibly shaken. While Ozpin was also shocked he tried to hide his surprise, but Mesa could clearly see it.
While all of this happened Ruby was completely oblivious since Mesa didn't let his killing intent pressure her. She talked with Mesa with worried tone " Please stop talking like that and apologize, we missed you back at home . Please apologize and let's go back"
Mesa looked the worried and nearly crying Ruby. He smiled at her and said " Don't worry, they won't arrest me or do anything to me" then looked at Ozpin as he said " Isn't that right Ozpin?" he let his killing intent out again and it was even stronger than before.
Sensing Mesa's killing intent again, Ozpin couldn't speak help but say " You don't need to worry miss Rose. I can guarantee none here going to arrest mr Uchiha. Even though what he did back then was wrong, we know despite his cold words, he did it to protect someone else close to him and the fact he was quite young at that time and most probably lacked control over his powers. Not to mention his act of bravery tonight in stopping the robbery. He will not be arrested, but we might still give him a suitable punishment and it won't be so severe. You can relax"
Ruby was relieved as she heard Ozpin. Ozpin then changed the subject " So miss Rose, do you know who I am?"
Ruby answered " You're professor Ozpin. You're the headmaster at Beacon"
Ozpin said smilingly " You want come to my school?". Ozpin noticed Glynda disapproval but he didn't care.
Ruby smiled, wide-eyed and open-mouth. She stood still for a few seconds before saying " I DO SIR!!"
Ozpin looked at Ruby thoughtfully, before looking at Mesa again. What he said next surprised everyone including Mesa "mr Uchiha, i would like to give you the same offer as Ruby"
Glynda was about to explode, when she Ozpin looking at her with a serious face. She stopped immediately.
Mesa recovered from his initial surprise and said " Why should I go to your school ? I doubt there is anything for me to learn there ? I'm quite sure that I'm stronger than any teacher there"
Ruby screamed from the side " Are you crazy? This is Beacon. The best school to train huntsmen"
Ozpin said " I'm not sure how powerful you truly is. But I assure you that even if you don't gain strength. You would gain bonds and experience to carry yourself even better"
Mesa thought [ I don't really care about the so called bonds or experience. But being close to team rwby in the future is a good option. If this old fox believes he could change me with simple bonds and nice friendly life he is sure wrong as fuck]. Mesa decided to ask " Are you not afraid of me the ticking bomb ?"
Ozpin looked at Mesa then Ruby and said " I'm willing to take the risks, and you could consider it as your punishment i spoke earlier"
Mesa was now surprised [ This old fox is actually senile fox !. He actually want to change me. No wonder he always lost to salem. He is a fucking idiot ]
Mesa said " very well, i shall attend beacon"
Ruby started jumping happily. Then the two left the police station and headed back to their home.
In the station, Glynda was going mad " Are you crazy Ozpin? You are letting a cold blooded killer become a student. We should have just arrested him, no matter how strong he is. We could have took him down"
Ozpin looked tiredly at her " I'm afraid you are wrong Glynda. I am afraid mr Uchiha would have carried his threat killing everyone."
Glynda looked at Ozpin disbelievingly " You believed that lie? He was bluffing us"
Ozpin said seriously " I had a feeling that he is strong enough to do what he said, you know that my sixth sense rarely mistaken. And even if we managed to take him down, we would have to pay a hefty price. I'm not willing to take such a risk"
Glynda became even angrier " Since you he is that strong, what in the world are you thinking by inviting him to Beacon?"
Ozpin said " From my conversation with him, i know for a fact that he is not evil. He simply have extreme opinion but life. I'm just hoping to have him as ally in the future. And before you say anything, I believe our only way to keep him in check is Ruby. Did you notice that he didn't let her sense his killing intent at all. In fact, he went as far as directing a stronger killing intent at me because she was about to cry "
Glynda sighed and said " I hope you are correct more than any time, Ozpin"
Ozpin said " Me too, Glynda, me too"
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Ozpin didn't have any visible reaction while Glynda raised her guard against Mesa. Ozpin looked at her and motioned her to calm down then looked at Mesa again and said " mr Uchiha 6 years ago, in your first day in Signal you fought and killed 3 senior students before disappearing, i have few questions regarding the incident"
Ruby winced at mentioning the incident and looked at Mesa with eyes filled with sadness. She couldn't understand why he acted like that until now. On the other hand, Glynda became more wary of him and stared at him with hostility.
Mesa didn't pay attention to their reaction, he replied " Okay, ask what you want. I shall answer truthfully" Mesa wanted to see Ozpin reaction toward the truth. Afterall, most probably the outcome will make his situation more interesting.
Ozpin looked intently at Mesa and said " I want to know why you did that, what did you feel and where have you been all these years"
Mesa answered honestly without any hesitation " I killed them because they didn't deserve to stay alive . And no I didn't feel anything, would you feel sorry or sad when you kill harmful wild animals? Lastly, I travelled all 4 kingdoms, didn't stay in one place more than a few days"
Ruby was sad hearing Mesa's answers while Glynda was getting more angry, each time Mesa spoke. Ozpin narrowed his eyes " The life is not something you can take lightly, and we most definitely don't have the rights to decide who lives and who dies"
Mesa laughed at Ozpin " Each life has a value, however people lives are not equal. Some more important than other. In fact, some of them has no value at all, just a waste walking the world. And these values differs from one to another. Let's take a simple example. There is two people in fatal danger, no matter how hard you try, you could only save a single person. In that case, you might hesitate who to save. But if one of them is an innocent civilian while the other is a wanted criminal. Then you wouldn't hesitate to save the innocent. Now let's assume the wanted criminal is a family member or an old friend while you didn't know who is civilian. I truly doubt your choice would be the civilian again. You said we can't decide who lives and who dies, but in truth you are making these decisions all the time. Unlike you, I'm not a hypocrite"
Ozpin took a deep breath and said " I think you are correct about how the people weigh life, but i don't believe it's a hypercity. We, humans, let our feelings affect our choices subconsciously. But these thoughts don't explain why you killed them"
Mesa explained further " From my point of you, their lives values were in negative. They were a group of bullies with no morale restrictions. So i simply eliminated them. Why should we keep trash around ?"
Ozpin retorted " But they didn't cross the point of no return. They could have turned a new leaf and became good huntsmen. What you done is removing that possibility"
Mesa didn't disagree " True, humans can always change, and while it is true they could have turned a new leaf, the possibility of them to become criminals is even higher. By weighting the two possibilities, my actions were correct. But if we are looking at it from a morale stands then I'm even worse than them. Whether what i did is correct or wrong, depends on how you look at it"
Ozpin closed his eyes and took a deep breath. To the first time in centuries, he is losing a debate and on top of it, it is only a young man debating him. He pondered a little about his next words then spoke " Even though what you said is logical... to an extent. Such a doesn't suit our society. You are a intelligent young man so you should realise you are a wanted criminal. In the opinion of the society, your words will only worsen your situation "
Mesa laughed as if he heard a joke " Should i care about others opinion? What can they possibly do to me? They hold no power nor authority over me"
Ozpin narrowed his eyes " You might not care about others opinion, but about those who around you. They might hounded and treated badly because of you. What would you do then? Take their lives"
Mesa smirk disappeared and said seriously" If they do such a thing , then naturally i won't take their lives. I will simply give them DEATH." The last word came with a killing intent slightly stronger than the previous one.
Ozpin looked coldly at Mesa and said " With this mentality, you are more or less like a ticking bomb, endangering everyone dealing with. I believe with your intelligence, you understand as a huntsman I can't allow danger to get close to the innocent, and what you said can't help but give me more reasons to arrest you. This fact makes your words confusing, it's like you want me to arrest you."
Mesa smiled slightly " No, I don't want to be arrested. It's just you are not strong enough"
Ozpin furrowed his brows and said " Let's assume that I'm truly not strong enough. What about the fact there is another huntress in this room, which happens to be one of the strongest huntresses in the worlds, or the fact that you are in Vale's central police station, there is at least a hundred fully armed and trained policemen aside from the dozens of hunters in the surrounding area. Do you think all of this can't stop you ?"
Mesa looked disdainfully at Ozpin " hmmm …. Let me answer your question with a question. Would you believe me if i said it will take me exactly 10 seconds to kill every single person in this station and the surrounding area?"
When Mesa asked his question he let part of his killing intent out and directed toward Glynda and Ozpin, he hid it again when he finished speaking. Despite the killing intent was only a part of Mesa's full killing intent, Glynda was visibly shaken. While Ozpin was also shocked he tried to hide his surprise, but Mesa could clearly see it.
While all of this happened Ruby was completely oblivious since Mesa didn't let his killing intent pressure her. She talked with Mesa with worried tone " Please stop talking like that and apologize, we missed you back at home . Please apologize and let's go back"
Mesa looked the worried and nearly crying Ruby. He smiled at her and said " Don't worry, they won't arrest me or do anything to me" then looked at Ozpin as he said " Isn't that right Ozpin?" he let his killing intent out again and it was even stronger than before.
Sensing Mesa's killing intent again, Ozpin couldn't speak help but say " You don't need to worry miss Rose. I can guarantee none here going to arrest mr Uchiha. Even though what he did back then was wrong, we know despite his cold words, he did it to protect someone else close to him and the fact he was quite young at that time and most probably lacked control over his powers. Not to mention his act of bravery tonight in stopping the robbery. He will not be arrested, but we might still give him a suitable punishment and it won't be so severe. You can relax"
Ruby was relieved as she heard Ozpin. Ozpin then changed the subject " So miss Rose, do you know who I am?"
Ruby answered " You're professor Ozpin. You're the headmaster at Beacon"
Ozpin said smilingly " You want come to my school?". Ozpin noticed Glynda disapproval but he didn't care.
Ruby smiled, wide-eyed and open-mouth. She stood still for a few seconds before saying " I DO SIR!!"
Ozpin looked at Ruby thoughtfully, before looking at Mesa again. What he said next surprised everyone including Mesa "mr Uchiha, i would like to give you the same offer as Ruby"
Glynda was about to explode, when she Ozpin looking at her with a serious face. She stopped immediately.
Mesa recovered from his initial surprise and said " Why should I go to your school ? I doubt there is anything for me to learn there ? I'm quite sure that I'm stronger than any teacher there"
Ruby screamed from the side " Are you crazy? This is Beacon. The best school to train huntsmen"
Ozpin said " I'm not sure how powerful you truly is. But I assure you that even if you don't gain strength. You would gain bonds and experience to carry yourself even better"
Mesa thought [ I don't really care about the so called bonds or experience. But being close to team rwby in the future is a good option. If this old fox believes he could change me with simple bonds and nice friendly life he is sure wrong as fuck]. Mesa decided to ask " Are you not afraid of me the ticking bomb ?"
Ozpin looked at Mesa then Ruby and said " I'm willing to take the risks, and you could consider it as your punishment i spoke earlier"
Mesa was now surprised [ This old fox is actually senile fox !. He actually want to change me. No wonder he always lost to salem. He is a fucking idiot ]
Mesa said " very well, i shall attend beacon"
Ruby started jumping happily. Then the two left the police station and headed back to their home.
In the station, Glynda was going mad " Are you crazy Ozpin? You are letting a cold blooded killer become a student. We should have just arrested him, no matter how strong he is. We could have took him down"
Ozpin looked tiredly at her " I'm afraid you are wrong Glynda. I am afraid mr Uchiha would have carried his threat killing everyone."
Glynda looked at Ozpin disbelievingly " You believed that lie? He was bluffing us"
Ozpin said seriously " I had a feeling that he is strong enough to do what he said, you know that my sixth sense rarely mistaken. And even if we managed to take him down, we would have to pay a hefty price. I'm not willing to take such a risk"
Glynda became even angrier " Since you he is that strong, what in the world are you thinking by inviting him to Beacon?"
Ozpin said " From my conversation with him, i know for a fact that he is not evil. He simply have extreme opinion but life. I'm just hoping to have him as ally in the future. And before you say anything, I believe our only way to keep him in check is Ruby. Did you notice that he didn't let her sense his killing intent at all. In fact, he went as far as directing a stronger killing intent at me because she was about to cry "
Glynda sighed and said " I hope you are correct more than any time, Ozpin"
Ozpin said " Me too, Glynda, me too"
Ozpin didn't have any visible reaction while Glynda raised her guard against Mesa. Ozpin looked at her and motioned her to calm down then looked at Mesa again and said " mr Uchiha 6 years ago, in your first day in Signal you fought and killed 3 senior students before disappearing, i have few questions regarding the incident"Ruby winced at mentioning the incident and looked at Mesa with eyes filled with sadness. She couldn't understand why he acted like that until now. On the other hand, Glynda became more wary of him and stared at him with hostility.Mesa didn't pay attention to their reaction, he replied " Okay, ask what you want. I shall answer truthfully" Mesa wanted to see Ozpin reaction toward the truth. Afterall, most probably the outcome will make his situation more interesting.Ozpin looked intently at Mesa and said " I want to know why you did that, what did you feel and where have you been all these years"Mesa answered honestly without any hesitation " I killed them because they didn't deserve to stay alive . And no I didn't feel anything, would you feel sorry or sad when you kill harmful wild animals? Lastly, I travelled all 4 kingdoms, didn't stay in one place more than a few days"Ruby was sad hearing Mesa's answers while Glynda was getting more angry, each time Mesa spoke. Ozpin narrowed his eyes " The life is not something you can take lightly, and we most definitely don't have the rights to decide who lives and who dies"Mesa laughed at Ozpin " Each life has a value, however people lives are not equal. Some more important than other. In fact, some of them has no value at all, just a waste walking the world. And these values differs from one to another. Let's take a simple example. There is two people in fatal danger, no matter how hard you try, you could only save a single person. In that case, you might hesitate who to save. But if one of them is an innocent civilian while the other is a wanted criminal. Then you wouldn't hesitate to save the innocent. Now let's assume the wanted criminal is a family member or an old friend while you didn't know who is civilian. I truly doubt your choice would be the civilian again. You said we can't decide who lives and who dies, but in truth you are making these decisions all the time. Unlike you, I'm not a hypocrite"Ozpin took a deep breath and said " I think you are correct about how the people weigh life, but i don't believe it's a hypercity. We, humans, let our feelings affect our choices subconsciously. But these thoughts don't explain why you killed them"Mesa explained further " From my point of you, their lives values were in negative. They were a group of bullies with no morale restrictions. So i simply eliminated them. Why should we keep trash around ?"Ozpin retorted " But they didn't cross the point of no return. They could have turned a new leaf and became good huntsmen. What you done is removing that possibility"Mesa didn't disagree " True, humans can always change, and while it is true they could have turned a new leaf, the possibility of them to become criminals is even higher. By weighting the two possibilities, my actions were correct. But if we are looking at it from a morale stands then I'm even worse than them. Whether what i did is correct or wrong, depends on how you look at it"Ozpin closed his eyes and took a deep breath. To the first time in centuries, he is losing a debate and on top of it, it is only a young man debating him. He pondered a little about his next words then spoke " Even though what you said is logical... to an extent. Such a doesn't suit our society. You are a intelligent young man so you should realise you are a wanted criminal. In the opinion of the society, your words will only worsen your situation "Mesa laughed as if he heard a joke " Should i care about others opinion? What can they possibly do to me? They hold no power nor authority over me"Ozpin narrowed his eyes " You might not care about others opinion, but about those who around you. They might hounded and treated badly because of you. What would you do then? Take their lives"Mesa smirk disappeared and said seriously" If they do such a thing , then naturally i won't take their lives. I will simply give them DEATH." The last word came with a killing intent slightly stronger than the previous one.Ozpin looked coldly at Mesa and said " With this mentality, you are more or less like a ticking bomb, endangering everyone dealing with. I believe with your intelligence, you understand as a huntsman I can't allow danger to get close to the innocent, and what you said can't help but give me more reasons to arrest you. This fact makes your words confusing, it's like you want me to arrest you."Mesa smiled slightly " No, I don't want to be arrested. It's just you are not strong enough"Ozpin furrowed his brows and said " Let's assume that I'm truly not strong enough. What about the fact there is another huntress in this room, which happens to be one of the strongest huntresses in the worlds, or the fact that you are in Vale's central police station, there is at least a hundred fully armed and trained policemen aside from the dozens of hunters in the surrounding area. Do you think all of this can't stop you ?"Mesa looked disdainfully at Ozpin " hmmm . Let me answer your question with a question. Would you believe me if i said it will take me exactly 10 seconds to kill every single person in this station and the surrounding area?"When Mesa asked his question he let part of his killing intent out and directed toward Glynda and Ozpin, he hid it again when he finished speaking. Despite the killing intent was only a part of Mesa's full killing intent, Glynda was visibly shaken. While Ozpin was also shocked he tried to hide his surprise, but Mesa could clearly see it.While all of this happened Ruby was completely oblivious since Mesa didn't let his killing intent pressure her. She talked with Mesa with worried tone " Please stop talking like that and apologize, we missed you back at home . Please apologize and let's go back"Mesa looked the worried and nearly crying Ruby. He smiled at her and said " Don't worry, they won't arrest me or do anything to me" then looked at Ozpin as he said " Isn't that right Ozpin?" he let his killing intent out again and it was even stronger than before.Sensing Mesa's killing intent again, Ozpin couldn't speak help but say " You don't need to worry miss Rose. I can guarantee none here going to arrest mr Uchiha. Even though what he did back then was wrong, we know despite his cold words, he did it to protect someone else close to him and the fact he was quite young at that time and most probably lacked control over his powers. Not to mention his act of bravery tonight in stopping the robbery. He will not be arrested, but we might still give him a suitable punishment and it won't be so severe. You can relax"Ruby was relieved as she heard Ozpin. Ozpin then changed the subject " So miss Rose, do you know who I am?"Ruby answered " You're professor Ozpin. You're the headmaster at Beacon"Ozpin said smilingly " You want come to my school?". Ozpin noticed Glynda disapproval but he didn't care.Ruby smiled, wide-eyed and open-mouth. She stood still for a few seconds before saying " I DO SIR!!"Ozpin looked at Ruby thoughtfully, before looking at Mesa again. What he said next surprised everyone including Mesa "mr Uchiha, i would like to give you the same offer as Ruby"Glynda was about to explode, when she Ozpin looking at her with a serious face. She stopped immediately.Mesa recovered from his initial surprise and said " Why should I go to your school ? I doubt there is anything for me to learn there ? I'm quite sure that I'm stronger than any teacher there"Ruby screamed from the side " Are you crazy? This is Beacon. The best school to train huntsmen"Ozpin said " I'm not sure how powerful you truly is. But I assure you that even if you don't gain strength. You would gain bonds and experience to carry yourself even better"Mesa thought I don't really care about the so called bonds or experience. But being close to team rwby in the future is a good option. If this old fox believes he could change me with simple bonds and nice friendly life he is sure wrong as fuck. Mesa decided to ask " Are you not afraid of me the ticking bomb ?"Ozpin looked at Mesa then Ruby and said " I'm willing to take the risks, and you could consider it as your punishment i spoke earlier"Mesa was now surprised This old fox is actually senile fox !. He actually want to change me. No wonder he always lost to salem. He is a fucking idiot Mesa said " very well, i shall attend beacon"Ruby started jumping happily. Then the two left the police station and headed back to their home.In the station, Glynda was going mad " Are you crazy Ozpin? You are letting a cold blooded killer become a student. We should have just arrested him, no matter how strong he is. We could have took him down"Ozpin looked tiredly at her " I'm afraid you are wrong Glynda. I am afraid mr Uchiha would have carried his threat killing everyone."Glynda looked at Ozpin disbelievingly " You believed that lie? He was bluffing us"Ozpin said seriously " I had a feeling that he is strong enough to do what he said, you know that my sixth sense rarely mistaken. And even if we managed to take him down, we would have to pay a hefty price. I'm not willing to take such a risk"Glynda became even angrier " Since you he is that strong, what in the world are you thinking by inviting him to Beacon?"Ozpin said " From my conversation with him, i know for a fact that he is not evil. He simply have extreme opinion but life. I'm just hoping to have him as ally in the future. And before you say anything, I believe our only way to keep him in check is Ruby. Did you notice that he didn't let her sense his killing intent at all. In fact, he went as far as directing a stronger killing intent at me because she was about to cry "Glynda sighed and said " I hope you are correct more than any time, Ozpin"Ozpin said " Me too, Glynda, me too"
