She huffs out a breath of laughter. "No way, the saving the world part is important. How boring would the world be without David Bowie, I mean-- come on." It's nice to have company, though, and company who doesn't look at her like she's talking some foreign language when she makes a pop culture reference. "Maybe you just need the Ruby Lucas touch. I'll get on it as soon as my head stops feeling like a pinata."

Lolololol head injuries are such a joke. Except no, they aren't, but at least there was no stabbing with silver. That would have been really terrible.

"I wouldn't say I've always been badass, or even that I'm especially badass, but I turned up here and was able to hold my own, so it wasn't so bad. What about you? Were you a helpless kitten before you got here?"

Ruby, stop.