Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-71.84.15.225-20150807131522/@comment-14909251-20150911233305

ChishioKunrin wrote: "a toddler asleep in the back of a wagon and a stupid girl too exhausted to even cry for help"***

That's what she said. So, yeah, she was being dramatic, trying to express how vulnerable they both were. If she was too exhausted to cry for help, she was too exhausted to run, and Ruby couldn't run because she was asleep. Even in the flashback image Ruby cleary appears to be older than a toddler.