Cinder looked up from the table she’d been staring at to look at the young man in front of her. It’d been weeks, months even, since Qrow’s niece had defeated her at the top of the tower, leaving her frozen until the heat of her powers - with the added strength of the full Fall Maiden abilities - had melted her free.
The first person she had called was Qrow.
It took him a few days to get to where she was, and it was good to know he was still around, still willing to help her.
“ It’s not a case of fixing as much as it is rebuilding “ she said, watching his face to see if he had any sign of leaving. “ Emerald’s ran off somewhere, Torchwick was eaten and there’s been no sign of Neo since, while Adam is off with the White Fang “
Cinder ran a hand through her knotty hair “ I- We, spent so much time building this up. Like it was a house of cards and we had to have everything on the bottom positioned exactly right, if we ever wanted to reach the top. And it’s as if we were finishing the very top and someone took out a card at the bottom and the whole thing has collapsed “
“ The only thing I still have are the power’s but I was using them for month’s to get out and I’m still too exhausted “