Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-98.102.158.34-20140908143429/@comment-14909251-20150727215520

73.Anon.52 wrote:

Beacon is 1/4 of the academies in the entire world of Remnant... how many students do you think could learn this if only 4 elective classes in the entire fucking world teach you how to do it? To clarify how few people this is... this would be like an elite sniper rare... these people would be on a very short list in an already rare profession... not so difficult to lock down based on the description given by Ruby.

You also need to understand the likelihood is that creating the clothes with dust and actually using it are two different skills, the former likely being difficult to industrialize, which means a traceable "signature" art style if the skills required are so hard to find... which at no point was anyone who has seen her(including Glynda) sharing or even requested to supply that information. No reason to beleive one has to go to an academy to learn these techniques. For one, it is quite possible it is something Hunstmen and Huntresses will pass along on their own or that a student will independently explore under the tutelage of a respected instructor or loved one who understands the technique. The academies are a type of formal education, but we do know that you don't need to go through the formal educational system to learn how to use Dust as Blake probably got her training with the White Fang.