Ruby is frozen, but it is not in fear of what is happening right in front of her.
if running was what she thought was the best course of action, she would have already done it. the only impulse that drives her at all is survival. she hasn't run because she has two decades of experience telling her that it won't protect her; the best way out, often the only way out, is through. it's gritting your teeth and enduring until the pain stops. she has to think further ahead than this moment. what happens next, if she runs away now? Dimitri might still chase her, once he and Gen are through. or will Gen resent her for it afterwards, despite telling her to do it? they're both Zenith, so she needs his favour.
no, she can't run away from this. not by herself, at least. ]
Come— Come with me! You're going to get hurt, I-I can't just...
[ but she doesn't make to intervene yet. she's hoping that Gen will see reason. ]
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Ruby is frozen, but it is not in fear of what is happening right in front of her.
if running was what she thought was the best course of action, she would have already done it. the only impulse that drives her at all is survival. she hasn't run because she has two decades of experience telling her that it won't protect her; the best way out, often the only way out, is through. it's gritting your teeth and enduring until the pain stops. she has to think further ahead than this moment. what happens next, if she runs away now? Dimitri might still chase her, once he and Gen are through. or will Gen resent her for it afterwards, despite telling her to do it? they're both Zenith, so she needs his favour.
no, she can't run away from this. not by herself, at least. ]
Come— Come with me! You're going to get hurt, I-I can't just...
[ but she doesn't make to intervene yet. she's hoping that Gen will see reason. ]