Ruby nods along, at first, letting it sink in—yeah, that makes sense. There have always been good days and bad days. Until the bad days started outnumbering the good and now... maybe it's more better days and worse days.

But something Angel says makes her think back, too. "...heh, you know. I wonder if that's why my dad got us Zwei. Our— my family's Corgi. When my mom vanished, things— things were hard, on all of us, and I think having to drag himself up to look after the dog helped him."

Not that the duty of raising Ruby and looking after everything didn't fall on Yang more often than not after that, anyway. She's not sure if she understands that more or less, now.

"I-I guess— I guess there's nothing to do but take it as it comes."