[ For what it's worth, this time Ruby does not somehow manage to miss the cues, there; the stiffness, the short list... and she knows she gets easily wrapped up in the fantasy of something. Like how she always thought being a Huntress would be like the fairy tales, and, well, she supposes in a way it is, but not... really in the way she imagined, and— well, that's not something she wants to dwell on, so she doesn't, just flashes a bit of an awkwardness-tinged smile. ]

The view must have been... I can't even imagine. Just the view from airships awes me still.

But I'm sure these things are never quite so glamourous as they sound to a stranger, huh. [ awkward, well-meaning little shrug ] The most interesting parts of my life probably sound better in theory, too.

[ The girl is chronically compassionate and empathetic... and also offers her own emotions up more like bargaining chips than anything else. ]

...still think I'd take dealing with those interesting parts over being stuck away from them, though.