[ Well. Maybe that's just a different way of facing a fear. If it works for him...?
At his tentative question, however, she ducks her head slightly, one foot shuffling against the floor beneath her feet. ]
...Yeah. I've been afraid of a lot. There's been a lot of times I... [ She stops. Closes her eyes for a moment, but not before a deep shadow of grief flickers there. ] Mostly... I'm afraid of being helpless. Of not being able to protect the people important to me. To have to see them get hurt... or worse... and not be able to help. To not be able to do anything.
[ His fear might have him throwing everything at it to destroy it, but hers... often it is Ruby throwing herself at whatever it is to keep it from destroying everyone else... ]
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At his tentative question, however, she ducks her head slightly, one foot shuffling against the floor beneath her feet. ]
...Yeah. I've been afraid of a lot. There's been a lot of times I... [ She stops. Closes her eyes for a moment, but not before a deep shadow of grief flickers there. ] Mostly... I'm afraid of being helpless. Of not being able to protect the people important to me. To have to see them get hurt... or worse... and not be able to help. To not be able to do anything.
[ His fear might have him throwing everything at it to destroy it, but hers... often it is Ruby throwing herself at whatever it is to keep it from destroying everyone else... ]