[emerald's quiet while she takes that in. if it's the only thing ruby remembers, she'd imagine it would be pretty hard to break herself out of that mindset. and it's definitely not her place to try to break ruby out of it right now... but. she'd said she had never had anyone reach a hand out to try to save her. and emerald remembers the warmth of the hand that had saved her, and she wonders if maybe this can be a first for ruby.]

I don't remember a lot either, you know, but... before I met the woman who saved me, the only thing I knew was true in this world was that I lived on the backstreets, and the backstreets were bad for me. [she's embellishing, but only a little. she can't be sure if most of this is true.] I must have trusted her a lot, but she pulled me out of the backstreets and into a better life. It just took getting rid of everything I thought I knew.

[she looks over at ruby like she's expecting her to pick up on what she's putting down.]