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Solaris XD wrote:

On that topic, Neo's not killing Cinder. She can't overpower a maiden, ran away like a bitch the second she saw Raven (without knowing she is a maiden) and barely matched Cinder when she didn't even use any of the maiden powers. Plus I doubt they'll throw away the years of buildup between Ruby, Jaunne and Cinder for the sake of a betrayal literally everyone and their grandmother saw coming from millions of miles away. The popular theory that I've seen is that Neo wants to kill Cinder, but when she saw her maiden powers, she realized she didn't stand a chance. So her game is to pretend to be Cinder's 'partner', bide her time, and wait for RWBY and JNPR to deplete her aura to the point where she can attack. She's playing the long game with Cinder, and Cinder has no idea.