Right away Ruby felt a lump form in her gut when he said those words. It wasn't too long ago that she had lost someone deer to her too. She still kept one of her swords on the mantle in her cabin.

"It doesn't." And Ruby had very well nearly lost herself while mourning that loss. Her knees feel a little weak but she forces herself to straighten up. "But- we have to find a way to keep moving along with it. When we're ready."