Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-69.66.169.227-20130802171349/@comment-2080866-20131001012238

I know I'm late to the party, but concerning the '1 cut' thing. The double blade part is just along the first part of the 'blade' of the scythe. The end of the 'blade' is, indeed, a single blade.

As far as the shock absorption thing goes, there is mechanical absorption as can be seen with the final shot from the red trailer. There's a pivot point where the hilt connects to the 'top', and the top can flex at that point, both for the small back-piece that has the two tiny blades, and the large front blade piece. So when a shot is fired, both can flex, thus relieving some of the force if desired as mechanical movement instead of simply having to take it all.

This flex can also provide a shielded area behind the blade where Ruby would be somewhat safe from an explosion directly in front of it because the energy would be propelled down and up around it instead of being forced directly into it.