Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-26226441-20180127223551/@comment-34039012-20180225002351

The Watsonian in me says that Ruby is avoiding talking about her Silver Eyes because the last time they had ever come up, she watched one of her close friends die, incinerated from the inside out, and she doesn't want to relive that trauma by talking about it to someone.

The Doylist in me is reassuring me that there simply wasn't enough time in the volume, which was rushed nearing the end anyway, to fit it in and it'll come up later on.

Regardless, RWBY tends to play the long game when it comes to explaining basically anything. The first mention of Ruby's eyes was in v1e1, and if I recall correctly, the second time they're ever relevent was in v3e11 when she freezes the dragon and injures Cinder. This is a trend that has existed throughout the series, another example being Jaune's semblance, a minor plotline which also took quite a long time to be resolved. I have faith that Ruby's Silver Eyes will be referenced again, especially after that outburst in v5e11. The only question is when. Hopefully sooner rather than later, since Ruby doesn't really have much else going for her right now, narratively speaking.