Ruby barely heard the voice, she was more focused on her hands, they hurt. More than anything had, physically anyway in quite some time. But she'd deserved it hadn't she?. Redemption, all of that. Maybe a way back. Maybe a way to be something better again.
But someone had pulled her away.
"No they'll hurt..."
She opened her eyes properly, looking around, Gazing into the middle distance and realizing quickly that they were gone, and finally she could breathe again. She looked down at her hands for a little while not saying anything yet. She'd been saved by a Slayer. Well that was embarrassing.
"Buffy right?"
Faith's fellow Slayer. Her friend after everything. Maybe she was wrong and Faith wasn't the martyr. Maybe Buffy was.
"Most people would agree I had gone insane. Maybe I did. What do you think?"