[ There's a lot she could say to that - a lot she might want to say to that, but Ruby doesn't want to place hollow words upon ears that don't need to hear them. She and Jaune are alike in so many ways, and she knows that eventually, he will be okay again, and that deep down, he knows he will be, too. Someday it will be easier to smile again, and so Ruby doesn't need to remind him of that, that they did all they could with the time they had, that he shouldn't have any regrets. There's no way to not have regrets, in a world like this, when those precious to you can vanish in the blink of an eye.

So she takes a different approach, stepping up to rest a hand on his forearm, a wan smile on her lips. ]

It...really kind of stinks, doesn't it? That we don't know when things will stay like they always have, or when they're about to change completely.

[ She's quiet a moment before leading him to sit against the fence. ]

Do you...think it was worth it? Giving things another shot?