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* Ironwood grabs America from behind and America flashes back to the ex-soldier. He freaks out and drags flame-tipped fingers down "the soldier's" face and kicks him away. It's clear America is suffering from major [=PTSD=].
* America's anguished declaration [[note]] Not [[AnguishedDeclarationOfLove that kind.]] [[/note]] that Penny is the only person he has on Remnant. Other than her, he is completely alone and without allies he can rely on or turn to for help.
* America's anguished declaration [[note]] Not [[AnguishedDeclarationOfLove that kind.]] [[/note]] that Penny is the only person he has on Remnant. Other than her, he is completely alone and without allies he can rely on or turn to for help.
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* America falls unconscious from internal bleeding. When he wakes up, Penny asks about America's family as they head towards their destination. America is briefly overjoyed but quickly realizes she only asked to keep the conversation going and make sure he stayed awake. Her lack of interest is confirmed when she accepts his randomly-chosen topic about fighting techniques. Every time America begins to think Penny 2.0 may be developing emotions and a sense of self, that hope is brutally crushed.
* The increasingly dystopic nature of Atlas has had a heartbreaking affect on [[GenkiGirl Neon]]. The once bubbly, colorful, and expressive Faunus has become wary and withdrawn, preferring to not draw attention to herself in order to avoid being arrested. At Atlas Academy, she cannot be herself or even ask to use a training area for a spar because some of her classmates and teachers are itching for an excuse to kick her out.
* America's thoughts when Penny 2.0 reveals she has been giving Ironwood information on him this whole time. He ricochets between hurt, despair, and terror as he realizes Ironwood intends to capture him again.
* The increasingly dystopic nature of Atlas has had a heartbreaking affect on [[GenkiGirl Neon]]. The once bubbly, colorful, and expressive Faunus has become wary and withdrawn, preferring to not draw attention to herself in order to avoid being arrested. At Atlas Academy, she cannot be herself or even ask to use a training area for a spar because some of her classmates and teachers are itching for an excuse to kick her out.
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* America breaks down sobbing after the soldier's last attack, furiously berating himself for not fighting back sooner. Penny 2.0 comes in, sees him crying… and does absolutely ''nothing'' to comfort him. She only [[LackOfEmpathy stands there and watches him]]. If there is anything that proves the old Penny is gone, it's that.
* America breaks down sobbing after the soldier's last attack, furiously berating himself for not fighting back sooner. Penny 2.0 comes in, sees him crying… and does absolutely ''nothing'' to comfort him. She only [[LackOfEmpathy stands there and watches him]]. If there is anything that proves the old Penny is gone, it's that.
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* America cannot do a ''thing' to defend himself when Polendina's soldiers hold him down as Polendina prepares to take some of his Aura. Anything except activate Penny 2.0, something he has been trying to avoid since he woke there. He finally does what his captor wants so all his struggles and pain so far this book were for nothing in the end.
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* America knows he will not wake up if Polendina takes part of his Aura. His desperation and fear is doubled by Vale's and he sobs openly as Polendina preps him for the procedure.
* Based on the activation-sequence text for Penny 2.0, [[DeaderThanDead Penny Polendina's Aura truly is gone]] and can never be brought back.
* America knows he will not wake up if Polendina takes part of his Aura. His desperation and fear is doubled by Vale's and he sobs openly as Polendina preps him for the procedure.
* Based on the activation-sequence text for Penny 2.0, [[DeaderThanDead Penny Polendina's Aura truly is gone]] and can never be brought back.
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* America has watched Penny’s death so many times that he sees it when his eyes are closed. After he smashes the screen by throwing his shoe at it, he can barely keep himself from having a meltdown and sobbing. It’s clear he’s slipping closer to the DespairEventHorizon.
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* America has watched Penny’s Penny's death so many times that he sees it when his eyes are closed. After he smashes the screen by throwing his shoe at it, he can barely keep himself from having a meltdown and sobbing. It’s It's clear he’s he's slipping closer to the DespairEventHorizon.DespairEventHorizon.
* America forces himself not to cry during and after the soldier tortures him, doing anything from counting in Japanese to imagining vengeance upon his assailant in order to [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything distract himself from the attack]]. He's in denial about the attack leaving scars, and thinks himself weak for "allowing" a human to permanently injure him like that.
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* America forces himself not to cry during and after the soldier tortures him, doing anything from counting in Japanese to imagining vengeance upon his assailant in order to [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything distract himself from the attack]]. He's in denial about the attack leaving scars, and thinks himself weak for "allowing" a human to permanently injure him like that.
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* America has watched Penny’s death so many times that he sees it when his eyes are closed. After he smashes the screen by throwing his shoe at it, he can barely keep himself from having a meltdown and sobbing. It’s clear he’s slipping closer to the DespairEventHorizon.
* America has watched Penny’s death so many times that he sees it when his eyes are closed. After he smashes the screen by throwing his shoe at it, he can barely keep himself from having a meltdown and sobbing. It’s clear he’s slipping closer to the DespairEventHorizon.
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--> "I'm ready to face my past. I came back to the team." Blake said weakly.\\
"No." Yang stated. "You ''didn’t''. You just ''happened'' to run into us at Haven. If we weren't there, you never would have come back to us."\\
"I would!" Blake denied.\\
"After how long?" Yang challenged. "''Years?'' Your priorities were never becoming a Huntress or staying with our team. They always revolved around Adam and the White Fang, and the White Fang wouldn't fall in a night. If we weren't at Haven, you'd ''still'' be running after Adam."\\
Blake couldn't deny it.\\
Yang crossed her arms, glare never weakening. "Yes, you didn't know about Salem and the Relics. Yes, the White Fang ''is'' a threat. But we are a ''team''. We ''tell'' each other things. We fight ''together''. You ''never'' remember that. You always insist on doing things alone over and over and over." Her eyes turned a dull blue. "All this proves is you still don't trust us at all, even after everything. You don't trust our capabilities, our ability to protect ourselves, or our team. You didn't trust us to help and defend you."
--> "I'm ready to face my past. I came back to the team." Blake said weakly.\\
"No." Yang stated. "You ''didn’t''. You just ''happened'' to run into us at Haven. If we weren't there, you never would have come back to us."\\
"I would!" Blake denied.\\
"After how long?" Yang challenged. "''Years?'' Your priorities were never becoming a Huntress or staying with our team. They always revolved around Adam and the White Fang, and the White Fang wouldn't fall in a night. If we weren't at Haven, you'd ''still'' be running after Adam."\\
Blake couldn't deny it.\\
Yang crossed her arms, glare never weakening. "Yes, you didn't know about Salem and the Relics. Yes, the White Fang ''is'' a threat. But we are a ''team''. We ''tell'' each other things. We fight ''together''. You ''never'' remember that. You always insist on doing things alone over and over and over." Her eyes turned a dull blue. "All this proves is you still don't trust us at all, even after everything. You don't trust our capabilities, our ability to protect ourselves, or our team. You didn't trust us to help and defend you."
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* WordOfGod says America ''must'' touch technology to manipulate tech with his Semblance. In ''The Atrocities of Atlas'' America is trying to extend the range of his Semblance so he doesn't have to touch tech and intends to use that to escape Polendina. Unless [[LyingCreator the author is lying]], his efforts [[AllForNothing are]] [[ForegoneConclusion futile]].
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** In other words, Ruby's sister attacked one of her closest friends, and there is no way for Yang to explain or Ruby to try to justify Yang's actions to herself without somehow [[VictimBlaming blaming Alfred]]. The whole scenario leaves Ruby torn, distraught, and crushed until Jaune brings up the possibility of a Semblance that messes with minds.
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* The soldiers constantly drug France to keep him out of it and Australia and Romano are completely helpless to stop them. When France isn’t unconscious, he sits on his cot and silently stares at his hands.
* Polendina reveals the Atlas soldiers [[ILied never planted any bombs]] in NYC. America nearly breaks down when he realizes he easily could have fought them off and avoided capture instead of [[SenselessSacrifice needlessly giving himself up]] to save people that were never in danger.
* A small moment, but when Blake sarcastically snaps at Italy, he's obviously hurt. And then Yang glowers at Blake, showing how fractured their friendship has become.
* Canada breaks down in tears after he rants about the deaths of everyone in Mantle. He may have never stepped foot in the city, but it's clear he cared about Mantle’s people as if they were his own.
* Weiss's guilt when she's told the mine that caused the accident was run by the SDC.
* Polendina reveals the Atlas soldiers [[ILied never planted any bombs]] in NYC. America nearly breaks down when he realizes he easily could have fought them off and avoided capture instead of [[SenselessSacrifice needlessly giving himself up]] to save people that were never in danger.
* A small moment, but when Blake sarcastically snaps at Italy, he's obviously hurt. And then Yang glowers at Blake, showing how fractured their friendship has become.
* Canada breaks down in tears after he rants about the deaths of everyone in Mantle. He may have never stepped foot in the city, but it's clear he cared about Mantle’s people as if they were his own.
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* WordOfGod says America ''must'' touch technology to manipulate tech with his Semblance. In ''The Atrocities of Atlas'' America is trying to extend the range of his Semblance so he doesn't have to touch tech and intends to use that to escape Polendina. Unless [[LyingCreator the author is lying]], his efforts [[AllForNothing are]] [[ForegoneConclusion futile]].
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* Ozpin grows uncharacteristically silent and morose when he is told about the Grimm on Earth. His failure to stop Salem has officially pulled another world into their conflict.
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* Ozpin grows uncharacteristically silent and morose when he is told about the Grimm on Earth. His failure to stop Salem has officially pulled another world into their conflict.
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* After America defeats the Karkadann, he panics and accidentally throws England into a tree. When England gets back up and approaches, and America ''flinches''. He thinks England is going to ''[[DisproportionateRetribution attack him]]'' and rather than fight him off or run, America shuts his eyes and braces himself for it.
* Canada's listlessness when he realizes he's dying. He does not get out of bed. He barely eats, he does not talk, and his family and friends cannot figure out what is wrong. He just lays there and waits to die. It's an uncomfortably realistic depiction of depression, complete with lack of interest in things he usually enjoys and feelings of worthlessness. Canada's completely ''given up''. [[HeartwarmingMoments Thankfully Cuba helps him.]]
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* America's heartbroken response to England's deception. He's so stunned that England never accepted Vale that he goes [[HeroicBSOD nonverbal as he silently cries]]. England and America's relationship seemed to be mending, but it turns out England was secretly ''hating'' a part of America this entire time.
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* RWYJNR's failure to retrieve the Relic hits hard. Their entire struggle this book was AllForNothing.
* Yang and Blake's short interaction shows that Yang has ''not'' forgiven Blake for abandoning her team.
* America's heartbroken response to England's deception. He's so stunned that England never accepted Vale that he goes [[HeroicBSOD nonverbal as he silently cries]]. England and America's relationship seemed to be mending, but it turns out England was secretly ''hating'' a part of America this entire time.
* A pinned America desperately begs England not to sever his connection with Vale as Canada futilely tries to comfort him.
* [[TheWoobie America's]] life in general. He has been tortured, manipulated, abducted, coerced, betrayed, and taken advantage of more times than can be counted, slipping closer and closer to the DespairEventHorizon. It's honestly a surprise he has not crossed it yet.
* Yang and Blake's short interaction shows that Yang has ''not'' forgiven Blake for abandoning her team.
* America's heartbroken response to England's deception. He's so stunned that England never accepted Vale that he goes [[HeroicBSOD nonverbal as he silently cries]]. England and America's relationship seemed to be mending, but it turns out England was secretly ''hating'' a part of America this entire time.
* A pinned America desperately begs England not to sever his connection with Vale as Canada futilely tries to comfort him.
* [[TheWoobie America's]] life in general. He has been tortured, manipulated, abducted, coerced, betrayed, and taken advantage of more times than can be counted, slipping closer and closer to the DespairEventHorizon. It's honestly a surprise he has not crossed it yet.
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* [[Recap/RWBYV3E8Destiny Unlike in canon]], Ruby cannot simply believe in her sister. Ruby witnessed the assault and Yang (seemingly) attacked Alfred [[note]] a bystander and their close friend who was in the middle of the civilian-filled Fairgrounds [[/note]] completely unprovoked. She's torn between wanting to believe Yang would never do such a thing and her horror about her friend being in the hospital. She wonders how she could miss the signs that Yang was about to snap, and feels guilty for even thinking such a thing about her sister.
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* Yang isn't there to defend herself when Blake wonders if she changed. When Weiss defends Yang, Blake reminds them that Yang kept beating up Alfred even after his Aura broke in a dull monotone. Ruby can hardly stand to hear the conversation and has to force herself not to cover her ears and cry.
* [[Recap/RWBYV3E8Destiny Unlike in canon]], Ruby cannot simply believe in her sister. Ruby witnessed the assault and Yang (seemingly) attacked Alfred [[note]] a bystander and their close friend who was in the middle of the civilian-filled Fairgrounds [[/note]] completely unprovoked. She's torn between wanting to believe Yang would never do such a thing and her horror about her friend being in the hospital. She wonders how she could miss the signs that Yang was about to snap, and feels guilty for even thinking such a thing about her sister.
** In other words, Ruby's sister attacked one of her closest friends, and there is no way for Yang to explain or Ruby to try to justify Yang's actions to herself without somehow [[VictimBlaming blaming Alfred]]. The whole scenario leaves Ruby torn, distraught, and crushed until Jaune brings up the possibility of a Semblance that messes with minds.
* [[Recap/RWBYV3E8Destiny Unlike in canon]], Ruby cannot simply believe in her sister. Ruby witnessed the assault and Yang (seemingly) attacked Alfred [[note]] a bystander and their close friend who was in the middle of the civilian-filled Fairgrounds [[/note]] completely unprovoked. She's torn between wanting to believe Yang would never do such a thing and her horror about her friend being in the hospital. She wonders how she could miss the signs that Yang was about to snap, and feels guilty for even thinking such a thing about her sister.
** In other words, Ruby's sister attacked one of her closest friends, and there is no way for Yang to explain or Ruby to try to justify Yang's actions to herself without somehow [[VictimBlaming blaming Alfred]]. The whole scenario leaves Ruby torn, distraught, and crushed until Jaune brings up the possibility of a Semblance that messes with minds.
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* Pyrrha runs into a little girl in the bathroom of the airship. The girl recognizes her as the person who "killed that girl with the bow" and flees. Pyrrha then overhears [[KidsAreCruel the girl calling her a monster]] and breaks down.
* Upon realizing she is on another world and left everyone she loves behind, Pyrrha crumples in the hallway and cries as the nations helplessly look on, unsure if they have the right to comfort her after everything they kept from her.
* Upon realizing she is on another world and left everyone she loves behind, Pyrrha crumples in the hallway and cries as the nations helplessly look on, unsure if they have the right to comfort her after everything they kept from her.
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* The guilt of what she did to Alfred haunts Yang. When Mercury reminds her of the incident and rubs it in her face, her first instinct isn't to punch him, but to struggle to hold back her tears.
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* The guilt of what she did to Alfred haunts Yang. When Mercury reminds her of the incident and rubs it in her face, her first instinct [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness isn't to punch him, him]], but to struggle to hold back her tears.
* Pyrrha's father breaks down and cries when told about his daughter's "death". The strong, jovial man becomes a weeping mess, mumbling about how he needs to inform his wife when she returns. He then tearfully begs Jaune to let him forge the remains of Pyrrha's weapon into his armor and shield so Pyrrha can see the fight through to the end.
* Pyrrha's father breaks down and cries when told about his daughter's "death". The strong, jovial man becomes a weeping mess, mumbling about how he needs to inform his wife when she returns. He then tearfully begs Jaune to let him forge the remains of Pyrrha's weapon into his armor and shield so Pyrrha can see the fight through to the end.
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[[folder:''Weight of the World'']]
* America's heartbroken reaction when Canada and Japan [[InnocentlyInsensitive unknowingly imply]] he should sacrifice himself and fail to understand he isn't just trying to be a self-absorbed hero. America is so distraught and stressed he suffers a minor breakdown and runs off, crying.
* The above leads to America's merciless beatdown at the hands of Yang. Yang has a moment of horrified comprehension of what she has done as Canada cradles his bleeding brother and wails in grief…
* Before Yang's attack, the last time Canada and England spoke to America [[PartingWordsRegret they had an argument.]] Ouch.
* Canada questions the twins' entire friendship with Yang and wonders if he was so caught up with having friends that he missed warning signs that she should not be trusted.
* While in jail, Yang is wracked with guilt and contemplates how she could lose everything she has worked for even if she doesn't get convicted. She immediately feels selfish for having such thoughts while her friend is dying in the hospital, and bargains with any deity that will listen that she will give it all up in exchange for Alfred's survival.
* Yang also thinks her team abandoned her because they did not come to see her. She doesn't know they were unable to because they couldn't leave their room without facing other students and the press.
* After America goes missing, Canada mostly sits in his guest room in Taiyang's house and hardly speaks to anyone, watching America's goodbye message over and over.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:''The Shattered Soul'']]
* Though it was easy to see coming, Neo, Roman, and Mercury’s betrayal hits ''hard''. Alfred spent weeks with these people, fighting together, laughing, and getting to know each other, and they beat him up and left him to die without an ounce of hesitation.
* Alfred struggles to remain positive while traveling through Anima alone, using thoughts of finding his family to keep himself cheerful and the Grimm at bay when all he wants to do is curl up into a ball and cry.
* …Which leads into the meeting with [[BigBrotherWorship England]], who Alfred remembers [[BrokenPedestal pointing a gun at him]]. His hurt at the betrayal is palpable.
--> "Roman was right. I am just a prize to be thrown away." Anguished eyes looked to Canada and all he could see was [[MismatchedEyes America's blue]]. "Did you betray me too?"
[[/folder]]
[[folder:''The Depths of Deception'']]
* Ruby's denial about Pyrrha, Alfred, and the others' [[DeathFakedForYou "deaths"]] and her insistence that RNJR need to keep looking for them until Jaune bluntly tells her they are gone is hard to read.
* RWY's happy reunion turns tearful when Weiss and Yang are told about Pyrrha, Alfred, Matthew, and the others' "deaths" Ruby reveals she blames herself for their passing and agonizes over all the different decisions she could have made to prevent it.
* Because of England's harsh rejections of him, America ''questions whether he deserved what happened to him''.
* America struggles with feelings of self-loathing, wondering whether he is the "real" America or not and feeling like a fraud whenever he fails to remember something or does not do something the way "the real America" would.
* America's heartbroken admittance that he "gave up" while at the lab, and his continued self-loathing. [[VictimBlaming He hates himself]] for giving in so easily and rants about how he should have "tried harder" to escape instead of meekly doing what Atlas wanted.
* It shows how much Remnant messed him up when he says he's letting them and Atlas win just by ''living''.
* During one of his therapy sessions, America also admits he's waiting for his friends to betray or abandon him and implies he thinks he deserves it.
* Ruby is melancholic and uncertain after being left out of the Kuchinashi mission. She second-guesses her every action and wonders if that was why she was not trusted enough to go.
* The guilt of what she did to Alfred haunts Yang. When Mercury reminds her of the incident and rubs it in her face, her first instinct isn't to punch him, but to struggle to hold back her tears.
[[/folder]]
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[[folder:''Weight of the World'']]
* America's heartbroken reaction when Canada and Japan [[InnocentlyInsensitive unknowingly imply]] he should sacrifice himself and fail to understand he isn't just trying to be a self-absorbed hero. America is so distraught and stressed he suffers a minor breakdown and runs off, crying.
* The above leads to America's merciless beatdown at the hands of Yang. Yang has a moment of horrified comprehension of what she has done as Canada cradles his bleeding brother and wails in grief…
* Before Yang's attack, the last time Canada and England spoke to America [[PartingWordsRegret they had an argument.]] Ouch.
* Canada questions the twins' entire friendship with Yang and wonders if he was so caught up with having friends that he missed warning signs that she should not be trusted.
* While in jail, Yang is wracked with guilt and contemplates how she could lose everything she has worked for even if she doesn't get convicted. She immediately feels selfish for having such thoughts while her friend is dying in the hospital, and bargains with any deity that will listen that she will give it all up in exchange for Alfred's survival.
* Yang also thinks her team abandoned her because they did not come to see her. She doesn't know they were unable to because they couldn't leave their room without facing other students and the press.
* After America goes missing, Canada mostly sits in his guest room in Taiyang's house and hardly speaks to anyone, watching America's goodbye message over and over.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:''The Shattered Soul'']]
* Though it was easy to see coming, Neo, Roman, and Mercury’s betrayal hits ''hard''. Alfred spent weeks with these people, fighting together, laughing, and getting to know each other, and they beat him up and left him to die without an ounce of hesitation.
* Alfred struggles to remain positive while traveling through Anima alone, using thoughts of finding his family to keep himself cheerful and the Grimm at bay when all he wants to do is curl up into a ball and cry.
* …Which leads into the meeting with [[BigBrotherWorship England]], who Alfred remembers [[BrokenPedestal pointing a gun at him]]. His hurt at the betrayal is palpable.
--> "Roman was right. I am just a prize to be thrown away." Anguished eyes looked to Canada and all he could see was [[MismatchedEyes America's blue]]. "Did you betray me too?"
[[/folder]]
[[folder:''The Depths of Deception'']]
* Ruby's denial about Pyrrha, Alfred, and the others' [[DeathFakedForYou "deaths"]] and her insistence that RNJR need to keep looking for them until Jaune bluntly tells her they are gone is hard to read.
* RWY's happy reunion turns tearful when Weiss and Yang are told about Pyrrha, Alfred, Matthew, and the others' "deaths" Ruby reveals she blames herself for their passing and agonizes over all the different decisions she could have made to prevent it.
* Because of England's harsh rejections of him, America ''questions whether he deserved what happened to him''.
* America struggles with feelings of self-loathing, wondering whether he is the "real" America or not and feeling like a fraud whenever he fails to remember something or does not do something the way "the real America" would.
* America's heartbroken admittance that he "gave up" while at the lab, and his continued self-loathing. [[VictimBlaming He hates himself]] for giving in so easily and rants about how he should have "tried harder" to escape instead of meekly doing what Atlas wanted.
* It shows how much Remnant messed him up when he says he's letting them and Atlas win just by ''living''.
* During one of his therapy sessions, America also admits he's waiting for his friends to betray or abandon him and implies he thinks he deserves it.
* Ruby is melancholic and uncertain after being left out of the Kuchinashi mission. She second-guesses her every action and wonders if that was why she was not trusted enough to go.
* The guilt of what she did to Alfred haunts Yang. When Mercury reminds her of the incident and rubs it in her face, her first instinct isn't to punch him, but to struggle to hold back her tears.
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