I waited at the entrance only a few minutes before Summer appeared, fiddling with her weapons belt as she made her way down the street.
"Ready?" I asked when she got close enough.
"Yeah, I think I got everything." Summer snapped a side pouch closed before finally focusing on me. "Where do you wanna start?"
"We can start on your side. From what you said it was busier than mine, as far as Grimm went."
"Sounds good to me."
With a nod I lead the way through the forest, keeping a close eye on our surroundings to keep from being taken by surprise. Both of us kept our weapons sheathed for the time being, finding it easier to carry them in our holsters until we needed them. If any Grimm appeared, we could easily draw our weapons quick enough to take them out.
"So, how've you been?" Summer asked after a while, breaking the strained silence that was between us.
"Great. Fantastic even," I answered, sarcasm only just making itself know.
"Ozpin says otherwise."
"Then why did you ask?" I glanced at her out of the corner of my eyes, noting a frustrated pout on her face. "If you're going to ask questions you might as well ask the ones you don't know the damn answers to."
"I wanted to be nice about this."
"It's too late for that. Just ask your damn questions and then we can get back to ignoring each other's existence."
"Alright!" She exclaimed, letting out a small angry huff as she did. "I'll start simple then. Why didn't you come back?"
"I did come back. You and Tai were just too busy playing house to notice."
"I noticed," she said simply as she scanned the undergrowth for movement. "Patch doesn't really have many black birds so I knew it was you. I even tried to call you back but you couldn't hear me."
"It's not like it matters. You two looked pretty damn happy from where I was standing."
"We were making the best out of what we were given," she answered with a sigh.
"Oh, I'm sure you were," I said, making Summer's head snap back towards me.
"What's that supposed to mean?" She demanded. "You left, Qrow! You said you'd be back in a few days but you were gone for a year! You just disappeared off the face of Remnant without a single damn word!"
"Without a word? I sent you a letter!" I yelled back. She looked back at me, confusion taking over the anger on her face.
"What letter?"
