"I imagine so, from what you've told me about them. I do hope I get to see one of your weapons someday, I imagine they're quite beautiful." Neil seems genuine in his enthusiasm. It's no secret that he and Ruby appear to have similar aesthetic taste, right down to a mutual favorite color. "I do think part of it will come from separating the idea of weapons as an extension of the self from the idea that combat is who you are. Those things don't have to be mutually exclusive. You are a Huntress, but also more than that. You are a friend, a blacksmith, a student, a human being. All of those things are just as valuable."
Ruby pulls one of those subtle faces that says this is one of those ideas she has trouble with. She's put so much weight on that one part of her identity over the last few years, maybe even her entire life, that it's hard to imagine everything else outside of it.
"That's— going to be a difficult one, heh. But it sounds about right."
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Date: 2024-09-27 03:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-09-28 11:28 pm (UTC)Ruby pulls one of those subtle faces that says this is one of those ideas she has trouble with. She's put so much weight on that one part of her identity over the last few years, maybe even her entire life, that it's hard to imagine everything else outside of it.
"That's— going to be a difficult one, heh. But it sounds about right."