[ Loving that subtle implication that Qrow is the only Chemist we could ever need, it's accurate as hell. ]

There was a skeleton holding the umbrella, too. [ okay let's just casually sprinkle in the technical corpse-robbing there. ] It seems strange that there's so many just... lying around.

[ And it's not like they have many context clues to go on, either. The mines don't look super damaged. ]

Didn't the Director say that Maru only began flying within the past year? Did no-one really come looking for these people before that?