Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20160807005311/@comment-27312496-20160811000818

I've always been under the impression that something more then what we have been told and shown happened at the top of the tower. If Ruby had fallen unconscious right away she would have been killed by Cinder. If Cinder had been frozen like the dragon Qrow would have killed her when he retrieved Ruby. So I think something went on top of the tower and Cinder was forced to retreat.