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Volume 9[]

Volume 9 Trailer[]

What if you could leave Ruby Rose behind? Shed like an old coat. What might happen... if you don't?
—The Blacksmith, to Ruby in an unknown context

The Parfait Predicament[]

Does that one interest you?
—The Blacksmith introducing themself to Ruby Rose
Nothing. No one is ever truly lost.
—The Blacksmith, to Ruby
And what of you? Are you lost?
—The Blacksmith, asking Ruby if she's lost
You’re doing this all alone?
—The Blacksmith, asking about Ruby's lack of support
Are you her guide, little one?
—The Blacksmith, asking Little if they're Ruby's guide
You seem to be carrying a rather large burden with you.
—The Blacksmith, to Ruby about her struggles
If you change your mind, you may choose any one of these you like and set your burden down.
—The Blacksmith, suggesting Ruby to choose a new weapon to ease her struggles
And yet, here you are, searching for something else that you do not even know.
—The Blacksmith, about Ruby's lost weapon

A Tale Involving a Tree[]

I didn’t expect you’re here just yet.
—The Blacksmith, to Ruby when she arrives in the Tree
You could say that. But that is a simplistic understanding of the Tree, and what it does.
—The Blacksmith, when Ruby asks if she is the Tree
The only thing that could happen to you here is what you want to happen. The choices of what you become and where you end up is yours to make.
—The Blacksmith, to Ruby
The souls that are moving on to… whatever they become next.
—The Blacksmith, to Ruby about the souls inside the Tree
It’s not about who did, but who could. Can you feel the woman who might hold it? The weight of who she is. She could be you. You could put any one of them on, and leave Ruby Rose behind.
—The Blacksmith, to Ruby
And how would you measure “enough”?
—The Blacksmith, asking Ruby

Of Solitude and Self[]

Back then, the Ever After was overgrown, wild and dangerous. The Brothers were made to help tame it and build the world that was to come after.
—The Blacksmith, explaining the origins of the Gods to Jaune and Team RWBY
One brother believed they had disrupted the balance, while the other refused to condemn their creations for their mistakes. But balance is not two forces locked in never ending battle; balance is an ecosystem. An organism. A living, breathing thing. Thus, balance cannot be restored with force or calculation - true balance finds its own equilibrium. It only requires love and the patience to see if things through to the end.
—The Blacksmith, explaining the true meaning of balance
She will have the chance to return her broken heart and become something new. Such is balance.
—The Blacksmith, when Ruby asks what will happen to Neopolitan after the latter chose to ascend
When Alyx’s life ended, she chose to leave a part of herself behind. A wish to fix what she had broken.
—The Blacksmith, to Jaune about Alyx
Not where, when you are needed most.
—The Blacksmith, when Ruby asks about where the portal take her and her friends
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