Ruby doesn't make a habit of approaching men lately. It's not that she's scared of them. She's scared for them. It's the men in her life who seem to get hurt and why add to that? Other women seem to make safer friends. Still, there's something in that flirty demeanor she'd built up around herself that she misses.

Maybe she can start slow by just talking to more people. At least, that's what she tells herself when she notices Galen throwing rocks.

"Hi." She smiles at him.