Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-24573226-20161224121458/@comment-25936766-20161227224353

It however depends on how would Jacques react if Weiss actually accepted his offer. After all, Ironwood is:

>General of the Atlesian Military, biggest army in the world.

>Headmaster of the Atlas Academy.

>Owns 2 seats in the Council.

If a man in Ironwood's position thought Weiss was so good that he would personaly request her to join Atlas, it would impress a lot of people, and increase the Schnee name's reputation.

If Jacques, then, tried to deny the request without Weiss's input, unless he manages to trick Ironwood, it would make things more questionable. This is like denying your child the chance of going to Oxford.

So far, Weiss hasn't given an answer. But what if she says "yes"?

This could well be the reason Winter managed to "run away".