[Oh. If this doesn't sound horribly familiar. He stares at the Fluid for a little while. He's pretty sure Jaune won't take his grief out on Ruby, he probably would have done it by now, but still- he knows what it's like. To ask for help and not get it. To lose someone as a result of that. But this... isn't like his case. Ruby was there. She tried.]
The fact you were there and trying probably means more than you realise. I'm sorry you had to see her die. That couldn't be easy. I can't even imagine how hard it would be.
But he'd probably appreciate your honesty rather than avoiding it. Not talking about it will just let it fester- the longer it takes, the worse it'll feel when you tell him. I know it's hard, and I don't know how he'll react. But it's that step you'll need to take.
For what it matters, I don't think you screwed up. Having someone you SAW die be here and alive has to be impossible to get your head around. None of us knows how long we've got here, you didn't know she'd go so quickly. You can't blame yourself for something this town did.
[He's so very, very worried about her.]
Maybe it's just a SUPER WEIRD coincidence? I mean, Rapunzel can be SCARY when she wants to be and the Decay Incantation is a whole lot of badness and maybe if she never snapped OUT of that it would be... very world-ending. But no. No pretty sure she wouldn't.
[But what WOULDN'T she do for Eugene? That's... that's one heck of a line there.]
CW: Death and grief
The fact you were there and trying probably means more than you realise. I'm sorry you had to see her die. That couldn't be easy. I can't even imagine how hard it would be.
But he'd probably appreciate your honesty rather than avoiding it. Not talking about it will just let it fester- the longer it takes, the worse it'll feel when you tell him. I know it's hard, and I don't know how he'll react. But it's that step you'll need to take.
For what it matters, I don't think you screwed up. Having someone you SAW die be here and alive has to be impossible to get your head around. None of us knows how long we've got here, you didn't know she'd go so quickly. You can't blame yourself for something this town did.
[He's so very, very worried about her.]
Maybe it's just a SUPER WEIRD coincidence? I mean, Rapunzel can be SCARY when she wants to be and the Decay Incantation is a whole lot of badness and maybe if she never snapped OUT of that it would be... very world-ending. But no. No pretty sure she wouldn't.
[But what WOULDN'T she do for Eugene? That's... that's one heck of a line there.]