[ -- there's a slight look of surprise in his eyes, at jaune's mention of the maiden, but it quickly melts into understanding. of course pyrrha would probably tell him -- some explanation. and it hardly matters now... the secrecy, anyway.

he also doesn't look very bothered by the anger, almost a little surprised that it's taken this long for one of them to be frustrated or furious with him -- but by the time jaune is done, ozpin still just looks tired. ]

... it is both not clear, and I cannot tell you.

[ ozpin may as well be honest. they deserve it. ]

I do not want you all to needlessly worry about my safety when I have little more than a vague idea of what awaits me. When it becomes clear to me, I will tell you. As for the secret of the Maidens...

[ ozpin pauses before looking at jaune, with a slight frown. ]

Do you not understand why it was kept secret? Why that power couldn't be announced to the public, or to the students?

[ look at what happened when someone did find out, and when someone did discover it for their own. ]

Pyrrha Nikos is mea -- [ but ozpin stops himself, drawing in a breath, exhaling slowly. control. ] -- ... Pyrrha was meant to succeed that power. I cannot answer why she ran back into the building, but I suspect she thought I was dead, and there was no one else to stop Cinder, and to take the power back.

[ which is... again, completely ozpin's fault ]