Fiona was thankful to have a few minutes to catch her breath and try to process what had just happened before speaking with Gordon. The crowd didn't seem to have processed it either as Defiant Dream made their way backstage, but the only thing they knew for certain was that Fiona was moving on into the second round of the Rubicon Gauntlet, while Shin Choon-hee's partnership with Choi Minji was most definitely over.

It wasn't exactly how Fiona wanted to win the match, of course. She wanted to prove she was the better wrestler than Shin, to show that she'd improved her skills since their last fight, and she really didn't do that. The contest had gone back and forth, but it didn't look like Fiona was going to pull off the upset, right up until she did, with Choi Minji's help. If the result said anything, it was that Shin's poor choice of partner, or perhaps the way she'd treated her, had come back to bite her. And that wasn't something anyone could blame Fiona for.

"That would be nice, yeah," Fiona agreed, leaning back against the wall and running her fingers through her hair, trying to cool down. "Did Choi Minji tell you she was going to turn on Shin?"