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Then why brink back Ruby alive? Why not give Tyrian a parasite to steal the power and take them into himself if she wants the power for the villains? That way he could kill her as soon as he got what he needed. But no. He was to drag her back there. Taking someone alive is riskier than killing them and stealing the power. She did it because Cinder is her favorite and she wanted Cinder to have her revenge. And I believe in her twisted motherly way she thinks that's showing compassion to Cinder.

In my mind, when she was healing Cinder I felt like she legit cared about her. That she was being tough on her because she legit wanted her to rise to new heights. Like Salem is deemed with pride the more like her Cinder becomes.