Jaune: (Panting) Where... Where am I?
Jaune looked around the bleak and barren landscape around him. Last night, he fell asleep while camping alone, in an attempt to prove himself braver than his family believed him to be. In his hands rested a pendant holding a photo of his family inside.
He had to get home.
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Weiss: Leader, we found a human in Yang's den.
The red-cloaked Grimm queen spared a glance to her ivory-crowned second. The shorter of the two glared blue daggers at her superior.
Ruby huffed.
Ruby: Why are you telling me this? Yang can defend herself.
Weiss: Yes, but...
A seer passed before the Grimm queen, and an image blurred into view. Inside, her older sister, with fiery-red eyes glaring through her golden mask, thrashed against her chains at the foolish human who dared to get close.
Weiss: ...he is trying to free her. It seems he intends to free her, fully aware that she will kill him once freed. He is already gravely injured by her attacks.
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Ruby: You. Human.
Everything hurt. Jaune groaned as life entered his lungs once more. With wheezing breaths, he followed the voice to find a pale woman, dressed in blood-red robes, glaring at him with eyes like the shattered moon made whole.
Ruby: You're dying.
Jaune groaned in reply.
Ruby: Oh, son of Remnant... Why didn't you flee? You had entered mine sister's cave, and was met with true burning hostility. You might have survived, even if a little more.
Jaune rolled his head to the side, where his pendant rested in his hand still. It felt warm in his hand, as his body grew ever colder. With another painful wheeze, he spoke.
Jaune: She... was in pain...
Jaune: She needed someone to help her... like my little sisters...
Jaune: As a big brother... I couldn't leave her like that... Y'know?
His eyes shut, and darkness filled his mind once more. Before they fell, however, he thought he saw a glimmer of emotion in the red one's eyes.
Ruby: Blake, summon a nevermore to return him to Remnant.
From the shadows rose a beast with talons for claws at the end of ribbon-like arms. Her midnight black muzzle hid any confusion on her lips. With a huff, she answered.
Blake: Yes, Leader.
As the Nevermore was called to heel, and plucked the human in it's beak, Ruby continued to watch as he feebly breathe through his agony. As they departed, her thoughts grew more melancholic.
More so than usual.
Ruby: (Thinking) Son of Remnant, I can see great hope in your eyes. Great love.
Ruby: Hold these close to your heart, for the world is cruel, and will not hesitate to tear them away.
