Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-94.0.112.90-20170226202217/@comment-26397825-20170321114618

I like it. Basically Velvet didn't retaliate because CRDL is just a first year team who haven't gone on any missions at all yet, while she's part of a second year team who has been going on missions since the second half of their first year. Qrow did say that " Every day out there is worth a week in this place".

Basically, CRDL had been there for a week, maybe two. They hadn't gone on any missions. CFVY has an entire years training on them, which includes live missions. Velvet had no way of knowing if they were top or bottom of the class in terms of strength, but she did know they hadn't taken any missions yet. There should be a large gap between first and second years simply because of this.

So Velvet not acting because she didn't want to overact and hurt them is valid. Even if it's self defence, seriously injuring someone beyond the necessary amount to stop a situation is frowned upon.