User blog comment:Zathronas/Speculative author: My top 13 Questions for Volume 3/@comment-25117735-20141026052324/@comment-24218038-20141026185214

Don't take the opening scenes at face value. They take visual liberties there.

For example, We won't see RWBY and friends fall from the stratosphere on the ground.

The only one in the series that leaves something behind after using her semblance is Ruby.

For now.