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My guess is that Weiss will probably willingly go in to face Port's pet Beowolf but will be visibly terrified. Ruby will intervene, claiming that as Weiss's team leader, she can't let her go into danger without her. Weiss and Ruby will then get into an argument that's a strange mirror image of that during the innauguration. Weiss claims that she can deal with this herself and Ruby admonishes her that she hasn't got anything to prove so she should stop being stupid.

Port will tell them both to wait in his office at the back of the lecture hall and dismiss the class. Then he'll go back to them and tell them, in no uncertain terms, that they've got to sort out their differences if they want to survive Beacon, let alone graduate. He also gives Ruby five demerits for disrespecting him with her 'art'. "I might be fat and old, Miss Rose, but I'm not blind.  Remember that and we'll have fewer problems in the future."

Weiss is... herself for the rest of the day. Ruby, meanwhile is in a pretty agitated mood too, even snapping at Jaune when he tries to tease her about nearly getting detention on her second day at Beacon. Blake and Yang can sense the tension and keep their distance.

Finally, that night, after lights-out, Weiss whispers to Ruby (who's in the top bunk over her): "Thanks for sticking up for me... in class I mean."

"It's what friends do," Ruby replies.

"But we're not...!" Weiss stops and looks upset. "Whatever.  Just... thanks, okay? You had my back and I don't forget stuff like that.  But don't ever act the fool in class around me again. Seriously."

Cut to a pensive Ozpin watching the news of Roman's latest escapade. He mutters something like: "We're running out of time... but I can't rush things..."

I'mt thinking that episode 11/12 will be Ruby having to think hard about her behaviour and how it affected Weiss; she's even worried that she's encouraging the rather suggestible Blake to be silly. She'll have a crisis of confidence about her worth as team leader and will skip classes for the day. Ozpin finds her in the Gardens, looking at the statue.

"Why am I here, sir?"

"She was a lot like you." Ozpin nods at the statue. "The legends of Summer Rose say she was a lot like you.  Not just in skill and appearance, but in behaviour too.  General Arc's journals make a fascinating read if you're interested about your family history..." So, Ozpin finally tells us the story of The War, Summer Rose, Jaune's great-great grandfather, and the Prophecy (Red Like Roses).

The episode ends with Ruby apologising to Weiss (who's been searching frantically for her) and telling her that she's willing to take things at her pace. Weiss apologises too, saying that was wrong of her to treat someone offering her friendship in the manner she has.