"You mean this Logbook?"
"Ruby, I......"
"Let me go first.
Please?"
"I'm listening."
*Haaaaauuuuh*
"Thanks for saving my life.
I don't deserve your blessing, but your wrath; though you gave me the unexpected."
"Ruby, I..….."
"Please?
…..I believe this is yours."
"Your Signet. How'd you get it back?"
"Something to hold onto, but.....my time is done, and I trust that yours will be nothing but flourish…....ment?"
"You like it?"
"My home?
I...….what did you...…what's happened to it?"
"We can't change without you, Ruby. I told you, we are no longer looking to our past; but honoring it is something else entirely.
You have shown us that this place….this...….this.....this….atmosphere has been embedded into us whether we like it or not. Molded us to who we are today."
"And I thought it was just an abandoned piece of Rubble when I saw it."
Where's my stuff?"
"Some Kids came and took it. I thought that….."
"Kids?"
"You know them? Perfect. That means your things are safe."
"Oh no. Oh no. Oh no, no, no. I gotta go.
I gotta...…how much did they take?"
"I'm guessing...…all of it?"
Elwin, don't throw anything away until I get back."
"Ruby, there is a difference between treasure, and trash."
"........I know."
*Zroom*
"Put it there. Put it there. Gently now."
*Tish*
"You boys best not be breaking my stuff."
"Ruby, it's so good to see you."
*Oof*
"I.....you can let go now."
"So, what do you think?
Elwin wants to tie all of the Kids belonging together in one big load, and then distribute them to family found, but we don't want your life to just turn to dust."
"I have a family. I have...…and then I.....then you can't forget.....oh, what about...Yeah. No."
"That's what I thought.
We did find this Key though while trying to put one of your Drawers away. It was in a lock box, but after years of..."
"Thanks."
"Ruby, would you like your clothes as well? I think you might be able to fit in them now that…."
"That's ok. My Ma…..I found new ones that still fit."
"Suit yourself."
"Oh, I do; Kid. I do."
"What's this talk of you trying to attempt the Queenship?"
"News travels fast I see."
"Well, I'm just saying that if you became Queen, you could never suit yourself again.
Wait, have you ever?"
"Yes, I have; and on second thought; I will take some off of your hands."
"I…..ohhh....Ummm....I was folding them, see, and I was putting them underwea..….."
"Uhuh.
I may not need them all, but these Kids of mine don't...…"
"Kids?"
"Yes, I......Will leave you now."
"Wait.
What does that key unlock?"
"Goodnight, Kids."
"Ruby, as perservers of your past, we need to know."
"Well, first off…..I am alive and not dead, so you can stop doing your…..Perserving. I'll be fine."