[ god. Rudbeckia is paranoid herself, but this girl really makes her look normal by comparison. she almost wants to laugh. ]

I'm not a lush! [ it's said in pleading, please believe me, no indignation or offence to be found. ] I've eaten a little here and there...

[ for all that she seems to be incapable of reading the room, Ruby makes no move closer to Fukawa, nor does she breach her personal space at all. she doesn't deliberately make more room either, as if nothing happened. maybe she's just too dumb to have noticed. ]

I guess without realising, I've been behaving like I'm at a ball? You know... You don't sit down for a meal, you only pick up little things to eat, and keep a glass in your hand. But there wasn't any wine, so...

[ she takes a tiny sip of whiskey. blech. ]