Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-34633327-20180120015359/@comment-34633327-20180121224851

MetallicArcher wrote: Something maybe only tangentially related to the current conversation but it's been on my mind for a while: We know Raven saw Qrow was dying from Tyrian's poison back in V4, and I think we can say with little doubt her wanting Qrow dead was complete BS and only to convince Cinder & co she meant business since if had wanted she could have curb stomped Qrow.

Now, the patrol guy who talks with Jaune says they found them because they saw the smoke and it caught their eye since the town has been abandoned for years. We also see the ships coming from what looks like fairly high and away distance.

Thing is, re-watching the fight, there wasn't really any smoke. AT the beginning the Grimm (which's name I shall never be able to spell from memory and I do not feel like looking up) kicks up some dust/earth and at the end it dissolves into a cloud of black smoke, but it's not that large and it dissipates rather quickly and rather low to catch up the eye of a patrol group that didn't seem to have been flying anywhere near above the town. So you think Raven either caused some smoke or got their attention and told them to lie about it, all to save Qrow?

An interesting thought, but considering her behavior in Volume 5, I'm not too sure. Then again, she also had her "Save em once" rule. Maybe Qrow never cashed his in until then.