[She tips her head back, idly tipping her foot in and out of the water. She could talk about all the good times, but...he did say to be honest.]
It was...mixed, I guess. My mom left after I was born, so Ruby's mom was all I ever had. And when she was there, I remember being happy. She really loved us. Then, one day, she didn't come home from a mission, and things just...changed.
[She drops her foot back into the water and keeps it there.]
Dad didn't take it well. He shut down. So for a couple of years I was the one trying to keep things together, figuring out how to make meals, cleaning up around the house, looking after Ruby...things like that. Uncle Qrow helped sometimes, but... I don't know. It was tough. I was so busy trying to hold our family together I never really got the chance to sort out my own frustrations. Eventually Dad did come around and things got better. Ruby loved me, looked up to me, and that was a good feeling. And then we got our dog Zwei, and that definitely helped shake off all the bad stuff from before.
It happened back when I was really young, so...my memories aren't clear. And if there were any memories of my own mom, I gave them up to open the gate to Beacon, so they're just not there anymore.
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[She tips her head back, idly tipping her foot in and out of the water. She could talk about all the good times, but...he did say to be honest.]
It was...mixed, I guess. My mom left after I was born, so Ruby's mom was all I ever had. And when she was there, I remember being happy. She really loved us. Then, one day, she didn't come home from a mission, and things just...changed.
[She drops her foot back into the water and keeps it there.]
Dad didn't take it well. He shut down. So for a couple of years I was the one trying to keep things together, figuring out how to make meals, cleaning up around the house, looking after Ruby...things like that. Uncle Qrow helped sometimes, but... I don't know. It was tough. I was so busy trying to hold our family together I never really got the chance to sort out my own frustrations. Eventually Dad did come around and things got better. Ruby loved me, looked up to me, and that was a good feeling. And then we got our dog Zwei, and that definitely helped shake off all the bad stuff from before.
It happened back when I was really young, so...my memories aren't clear. And if there were any memories of my own mom, I gave them up to open the gate to Beacon, so they're just not there anymore.