I never should have been one at all, is what she thinks, and even as she thinks it she's not sure if it's more because she wishes she was free of it or because of how bad at it she turned out to be. Jaune was right. It was her plan, so it was her fault; if she hadn't made such a stupid plan then Penny wouldn't be dead, and Atlas wouldn't have fallen, and Salem wouldn't have two relics, and they wouldn't even be in the Ever After and— and—
Ruby shakes, but she doesn't cry. She still doesn't cry. She just wraps her arms around Erin and buries her face in her shoulder, staring numbly across to the shroud of black feathers that block out the outside world.
"It— it was only a few days. I think."
It all blurs together. No sleep. No rest. Just one crisis after another after another after—
RWBY v8-9 spoilers from here on out
I never should have been one at all, is what she thinks, and even as she thinks it she's not sure if it's more because she wishes she was free of it or because of how bad at it she turned out to be. Jaune was right. It was her plan, so it was her fault; if she hadn't made such a stupid plan then Penny wouldn't be dead, and Atlas wouldn't have fallen, and Salem wouldn't have two relics, and they wouldn't even be in the Ever After and— and—
Ruby shakes, but she doesn't cry. She still doesn't cry. She just wraps her arms around Erin and buries her face in her shoulder, staring numbly across to the shroud of black feathers that block out the outside world.
"It— it was only a few days. I think."
It all blurs together. No sleep. No rest. Just one crisis after another after another after—