User blog comment:DiegoAnime3000/The Manga adaptation is here!/@comment-11188061-20151117163757

The art style looks pretty damn cool to me actually, although Ruby is a bit too boyish-looking and confident (since she isn't a confident girl during S1) here. Cardin looks so damn cool it's almost too bad he's still a bully here.

So, the general consensus about Dust is that it's a natural substance (born from the planet) known as the 'origin of power' (it actually just means that it's THE power source of Remnant; Japanese writing has the tendency to exeggarate titles), although in truth its true form is mostly wrapped in mystery despite Weiss' insistence against Blake that its research is progressing well.

The public's knowledge of Dust is hinted to be mostly from advertisements and business driven propoganda - which means they're misguided or flawed at best - pushed by none other than your Highness' corporation.

Ruby thinks that both weapons and items are a Huntsmen greatest partners/friends, and should be treated with proper respect (hence her desire to get her Dust knowledge right). Weiss berates it, Ruby counters by saying that Weiss does the same when she talks about S.D.C technology. Before the argument can escalate Jaune crashes in with an Usopp face and Cardin shows up looking ridiculously handsome. Joy.