I've been fortunate so far... Most everyone has been rather kind to me, so I'm grateful.
[ her heart is completely absent of anything that could be considered gratitude. in truth, things have been... about what she expected; not the worst case scenario, but no better than she would have predicted either. the frozen landscape is eerily fitting when Ruby feels like she's walking around on ice and waiting for it to splinter beneath her.
one of her hands goes to the Hourglass at her neck which, as she fidgets with it, is visibly low on Sand: likely a large part of what is contributing to the exhaustion in her face and the way her steps drag. ]
But it certainly is tiring. [ since she's already decided to share a room with this panther and pretend it won't eat her, she pulls out a chair and takes a seat in it, her movements dainty and well-mannered. she sits with a grace that speaks very much of someone who has had etiquette drilled into her all her life: a straight posture, knees together, hands folded neatly in her lap. ] I think I must have slept more these past several days than I would in a whole week... It's dreadfully cold here, too. Winters in the Vatican were always quite mild.
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[ her heart is completely absent of anything that could be considered gratitude. in truth, things have been... about what she expected; not the worst case scenario, but no better than she would have predicted either. the frozen landscape is eerily fitting when Ruby feels like she's walking around on ice and waiting for it to splinter beneath her.
one of her hands goes to the Hourglass at her neck which, as she fidgets with it, is visibly low on Sand: likely a large part of what is contributing to the exhaustion in her face and the way her steps drag. ]
But it certainly is tiring. [ since she's already decided to share a room with this panther and pretend it won't eat her, she pulls out a chair and takes a seat in it, her movements dainty and well-mannered. she sits with a grace that speaks very much of someone who has had etiquette drilled into her all her life: a straight posture, knees together, hands folded neatly in her lap. ] I think I must have slept more these past several days than I would in a whole week... It's dreadfully cold here, too. Winters in the Vatican were always quite mild.