Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-28486044-20160727075112/@comment-5430952-20160727092423

@OP

I always took it as Ruby putting on a happy face so no one would see how broken she really is inside. Now she's even more broken with the loss of Penny, Pyrrha, and for all intents and purposes, Yang. She's going forth without her big sister in her life for the first time, ever. And if she keeps trying to deny her pain, in time it'll overwhelm her, like her sister and father before her.

So I doubtit'll be as dire as you may believe, more like it's showing a side of Ruby no one sees, no one except Summer Rose that is.