Yang stares at the wall. Ever since she woke up she seems to have trouble looking at people. Ruby misses her sister's eyes. She misses seeing life in them instead of this horrible vacant stare that reminds her of Penny if she lets it. "Yang?" she whispers. Yang barely glances in her direction. "I've gotta go." Now Yang does look at her, something approaching both terror and sorrow in her face. Still worse is the look of resignation, as if she knew this day would come. "I need to do something. I..." Ruby chokes back a sob. "I need to find out about my eyes, I need to fight back, I need- I need-" She buries her face in her sister's shoulder and lets the tears flow.

Yang wishes she remembered how to cry. She thinks this would be a good time to cry. As good a time as any. She puts her arm around her sister, and for a moment, just a moment, she envies her for having two of them.

Ruby lifts her head suddenly. "Yang!" she says, wiping her nose on the back of her hand. "You're crying!"

Out of habit Yang tries to raise her right arm to her face. She stops still when she remembers, and Ruby has to brush away a tear with her thumb. "See?" Ruby says, holding said thumb up for Yang to inspect.

Yang looks at what might be a drop of liquid and looks back at Ruby, her expression faintly puzzled. "That's good!" Ruby says. "You're getting better!" She throws her arms around Yang and hugs her fiercely. Yang has to admit it feels nice. "I'm so proud of you." Ruby whispers.

Why? Yang thinks blankly.

The hug ends all too soon for Yang's liking. Ruby stands up. "I better get going." she says. "Team JNPR's waiting. Well, what's left of it." A sound comes unbidden to her ears, of Pyrrha Nikos hiccuping quietly as she struggles for breath, and she shakes her head in a sudden panic. "We'll be waiting for you in Haven." she says and hurries out the door.

Yang reaches out. "Wait." she says feebly. "Please. Don't go." But Ruby is already gone.

She drags herself out of bed and over to the window and throws it open. If she cranes her neck she can see four people going up the path through the trees. "Ruby..." she croaks.

Snow crunches under someone's feet. "Yang?" Sun asks. "What are you doing out of bed? Is everything okay?"

She can't bring herself to answer. He comes around to stand beneath her, following her line of sight with his eyes. "Wait, where's Ruby going? Hold on, I'm gonna go get her."

He stops when she mumbles "Let her go" as firmly as she can. Before he has a chance to say anything else, she leans back in and closes the window before getting back into bed.

Yang stares at the wall.