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Here's a dark theory.

What if Ozpin is the reason Summer is gone? Maybe he was part of the mission she was on and he had no choice but to leave her behind. Or maybe he's the one if not the goverment that gave her the mission knowing that the odds of her surviving were slim (it's almost like history is repeating itself. Surely a part of him must felt that RWBY wasn't ready take on a advance mission. Yet he gave them the mission anyway) Either way he felt guilty for what happened and chooses to mentor Ruby as a way of redeeming himself for letting down her mother.