Part of her wonders how they got on this path, what she said to spark this - talking about Adelaide being remarkable, or something like that, and idly she wonders if this was meant to convince her otherwise, somehow.
It hasn't.
Ruby is quiet for a few moments, as she had been for so much of this. She can see her breath in the air, can feel the shift of snow underfoot even as she stands still, is aware that no flowers are growing for now. )
You know, ( she starts, and Ruby is surprised by how raw she sounds, ) You didn't run.
You could have hidden from it. From what happened, or ran. Not literally, I know, but you could have.
( Ruby ran. )
What happened to him is awful. And what they put all of you through? I can't-- it's inhumane. To let people agonise over what they are and what they might have to do, I can't even imagine being willing to do that to another person.
( Nerves have been hit that she didn't expect, and she feels raw and unfocused, and she's sitting down before she really processes. )
Adelaide, your teaching might be the most important thing in the world to so many people. Having someone teach you... to show you that you don't have to be afraid? That's a bigger gift than most people could ever hope for.
The truest definition of hell. Oh how the cinnamon hater must laugh...
Part of her wonders how they got on this path, what she said to spark this - talking about Adelaide being remarkable, or something like that, and idly she wonders if this was meant to convince her otherwise, somehow.
It hasn't.
Ruby is quiet for a few moments, as she had been for so much of this. She can see her breath in the air, can feel the shift of snow underfoot even as she stands still, is aware that no flowers are growing for now. )
You know, ( she starts, and Ruby is surprised by how raw she sounds, ) You didn't run.
You could have hidden from it. From what happened, or ran. Not literally, I know, but you could have.
( Ruby ran. )
What happened to him is awful. And what they put all of you through? I can't-- it's inhumane. To let people agonise over what they are and what they might have to do, I can't even imagine being willing to do that to another person.
( Nerves have been hit that she didn't expect, and she feels raw and unfocused, and she's sitting down before she really processes. )
Adelaide, your teaching might be the most important thing in the world to so many people. Having someone teach you... to show you that you don't have to be afraid? That's a bigger gift than most people could ever hope for.