User blog comment:Zathronas/Speculative author: What is Cinder's plan?/@comment-69.138.47.162-20140806172415/@comment-69.138.47.162-20140807145934

I'll admit I hadn't seen the afterbuzz interview until just the other day, and he does say she isn't a student. Beacon is a millitary base though according to the conversation in the recent episode, so why isn't the installation and its occupants responsible for the protection of the neighboring port city?