[ the ability to believe in a person despite evidence to the contrary is one of ruby's many traits that yang is proud of. that after everything she's been through and everything she's seen, she knows that deep down, no one is beyond redemption if someone will give them a helping hand.
it's also the ability that scares yang to her core.
they'd already seen what believing got them. a body they couldn't find, a wellspring of grief with no bottom. yang had barely survived her sister's first death. what would happen if a person close to her snapped and caused the second? or, gods forbid, the third? the very thought freezes the blood in her veins.
she forces herself to breath, her next words measured and thoughtful. ]
...I want you to be safe. If you say you want to trust Neo and Emerald, fine, but you've got to promise look out for yourself. And you've gotta let the rest of us look out for you, too.
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[ the ability to believe in a person despite evidence to the contrary is one of ruby's many traits that yang is proud of. that after everything she's been through and everything she's seen, she knows that deep down, no one is beyond redemption if someone will give them a helping hand.
it's also the ability that scares yang to her core.
they'd already seen what believing got them. a body they couldn't find, a wellspring of grief with no bottom. yang had barely survived her sister's first death. what would happen if a person close to her snapped and caused the second? or, gods forbid, the third? the very thought freezes the blood in her veins.
she forces herself to breath, her next words measured and thoughtful. ]
...I want you to be safe. If you say you want to trust Neo and Emerald, fine, but you've got to promise look out for yourself. And you've gotta let the rest of us look out for you, too.