Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-4141313-20190126081959/@comment-4141313-20190214130907

It was the Apathy, but it wasn't meant to be taken literally, it was symbolic. The ones dragging Qrow were meant to represent how easily he fell to their effects. Ruby fighting off the many trying to grab her was meant to represent how she was initially the only one fighting off their effects but nearly succumbed to them.