Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-69.138.248.186-20170111152805/@comment-28522425-20170329052943

1) I said that he could have told them that he would be travelling with them, only keeping some distance because of his Semblance, which is what he actually did, travel with them while keeping some distance.

Travelling with Qrow, and staying close to him during the whole journey? That would have been dangerous because of his Semblance, but them meeting occasionally, not so much.

You need to remember, Qrow spends time with a lot of people for various amounts of time. He is not expecting his Semblance to simply kill anybody in any second. What is really dangerous is to be in his presence for too long. Just meeting with RNJR some times during the journey would most likely present no issue. And even if they didn't meet at all, them knowing and acting like Qrow was nearby watching their backs could have alerted a minion of Salem that they were being protected.

2) He used her as bait just in case that one of Salem's minions would actually come after her. His main motivation was to protect her, but he knew that there was a good chance of someone coming after her, so he decided to keep his distance, not only to prevent RNJR from being hurt by his Semblance, but also hoping that any S.Minion who came wouldn't realize he was there or expect him to be close by, so he could attack them by surprise. Not only would he protect Ruby more effectively, but he would also have the opportunity to take out and possibly interrogate one of Salem's minions.

3) Fair enough, she is not being used. But, I wouldn't be surprised if someone tries to convince her that is.

4) I'm suggesting that they would have asked her to join at some point, most likely after graduating. But I also think that, despite being the best weapon against Grimm, they would not be terribly effective in actually defeating Salem and her group, since the SEW are apparently no big deal to them.

And it didn't look to me like they were trying to use the Maidens before anything, but rather, they were kept hiding to prevent their powers from falling into the wrong hands.