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@ConradLarson there's one problem with that last theory. The slow-motion of Weiss's attack isn't until after she dives down at the Lieutenant, and she misses--she rebounds from it well enough, but in Trope Speak, Slow Motion is Not a Free Action. The important part is that the Lieutenant was able to dodge it--so far he hadn't been able to dodge any of Weiss's attacks while she could successfully parry and avoid all of his, which was her saving grace in this fight seeing as the space was too small to use any real dust effects safely. If the Golden Glyph slowed down time or perception of time in some manner, he would not have been able to get out of the way of her attack after taking such a beating, even if it's theoretically plausible he'd have been able to grab her out of the air after the Glyph wore off--which we're assuming is when the slow-motion happens.

I think the speeds at which Weiss moved can simply be attributed to her own natural speed combined with how close the normal glyphs were for her to rebound off of. It was a clever strategy on Weiss's part.