[He wouldn't have thought it would work so well either, but here he is six months later willing to share his own darker secrets with Ruby just to help her feel better. Maes had felt that when he'd spoken with Shiro about it, having someone who understood without having the baggage behind that understanding was...well it was nice.
He listens intently as Ruby lays out one of her problems and immediately nods. He lets her finish talking though before adding his two cents to it. He wants Ruby to be able to sort through her thoughts first anyway. She definitely seems shaken and he debates getting up to sit next to her instead. He decides to give her a moment instead.]
Yeah, that can be difficult. Roy and I are actually in a similar situation. Roy is from...well at least two years in the future from my point of view. The same thing has happened with some others that have come from our home that are no longer at the Temple.
[He debates telling her WHY he always seems to be behind, but he'll cross one bridge at a time. He wants to focus on the time difference first.]
A lot of it is going to depend on how Yang usually reacts to things. Does she like everything out at once or would she prefer to be eased into the idea? You could always just tell her you are from the future and then see what questions she asks about it.
I can't really speak from how you can handle things, but I can tell you how I felt when some of the others had to tell me about what I'd missed out on. Not all of it was easy to hear and it's taken me a long time to come to terms with some of it...but the people I cared about were here for me and having time to process it on my own helped too.
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He listens intently as Ruby lays out one of her problems and immediately nods. He lets her finish talking though before adding his two cents to it. He wants Ruby to be able to sort through her thoughts first anyway. She definitely seems shaken and he debates getting up to sit next to her instead. He decides to give her a moment instead.]
Yeah, that can be difficult. Roy and I are actually in a similar situation. Roy is from...well at least two years in the future from my point of view. The same thing has happened with some others that have come from our home that are no longer at the Temple.
[He debates telling her WHY he always seems to be behind, but he'll cross one bridge at a time. He wants to focus on the time difference first.]
A lot of it is going to depend on how Yang usually reacts to things. Does she like everything out at once or would she prefer to be eased into the idea? You could always just tell her you are from the future and then see what questions she asks about it.
I can't really speak from how you can handle things, but I can tell you how I felt when some of the others had to tell me about what I'd missed out on. Not all of it was easy to hear and it's taken me a long time to come to terms with some of it...but the people I cared about were here for me and having time to process it on my own helped too.