[i rolled but then realized i dont need it this round it's fine
she almost reaches out to comfort him instinctively, but... what good would it do? she can't offer him anything. her words don't matter. she hasn't been able to help many of the people she's seen here; not her mentor, not her friends. they were arrested because of her, so vax died because of her, and she couldn't even make sure they brought him along. and aymeric... the blood trail on the ground gives her the worst idea. it's an extension of everything she's done wrong in the prism, everyone she can't protect, and the people she's hurt.
so it makes sense when ruby, who's normally so sweet, speaks like that. after all, doesn't she deserve that scorn, that kind of rebuke? she doesn't deserve someone as kind as this girl standing by her side, and she shouldn't have let herself forget that she can't have this kind of warmth. she hears the slithering, but - does it really matter? the way she raises her sword in preparation is halfhearted.]
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she almost reaches out to comfort him instinctively, but... what good would it do? she can't offer him anything. her words don't matter. she hasn't been able to help many of the people she's seen here; not her mentor, not her friends. they were arrested because of her, so vax died because of her, and she couldn't even make sure they brought him along. and aymeric... the blood trail on the ground gives her the worst idea. it's an extension of everything she's done wrong in the prism, everyone she can't protect, and the people she's hurt.
so it makes sense when ruby, who's normally so sweet, speaks like that. after all, doesn't she deserve that scorn, that kind of rebuke? she doesn't deserve someone as kind as this girl standing by her side, and she shouldn't have let herself forget that she can't have this kind of warmth. she hears the slithering, but - does it really matter? the way she raises her sword in preparation is halfhearted.]
...Kashuu, get behind me.