The students adore and trust you, too, my friend. They simply display it in a different way.

[ gentle chiding, here -- and, really, ozpin isn't so sure the students trust him anymore. they have every reason to be suspicious. but --

it is true, though. ozpin doesn't really believe in strict discipline, and encourages dissent and argument. glynda does too, to a certain extent, but the students respect her, and everything she brings to beacon. there is absolutely no shortage of yes, ma'am, professor goodwitch when she wanders past, and while ozpin may be greeted with much more warmth, that hardly means they don't adore glynda equally. ]

They will need a leader, to look to, and to guide them. You are that person.

{ until he returns, is the silent addition. ozpin hasn't given up on himself quite yet. ]