[She stares at him for a long while, as if she's not going to come around to answering his question--but then she looks off into the distance where the pit she woke up in lays quite the distance away. She can't see it very well with all the equipment and people blocking the view, but she's hardly broken-hearted about that.
She looks back at Royce.]
I've been through worse.
[People have probably said that before, bragging, sounding like a big damn hero that couldn't be harmed by the likes of a malicious god. But Ryuuko says it in a way that sounds like she wishes she hadn't gone "through worse". Then again, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
She's seen some monsters by now, and all of them look like they're doing pretty well. They have nothing on what she looked like before, either literally or figuratively.]
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She looks back at Royce.]
I've been through worse.
[People have probably said that before, bragging, sounding like a big damn hero that couldn't be harmed by the likes of a malicious god. But Ryuuko says it in a way that sounds like she wishes she hadn't gone "through worse". Then again, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
She's seen some monsters by now, and all of them look like they're doing pretty well. They have nothing on what she looked like before, either literally or figuratively.]