SR11/13/14

"They're both crap to be honest," Emerald snorted. Cinder's attention snapped back to the fight just in time to see Jaune grunt and duck below a horizontal swing. To his credit he tried to lash out in return, but he might as well have been trying to catch smoke. His aura was now around the halfway mark, with hers barely having been dented.

"Don't underestimate them," she whispered back. "This Ruby… she may not look like much, but her team managed to ruin our plans at Mountain Glenn. That means they must have been able to get past Roman." And more worryingly, Neo… One was a small-time crook, skilled and dangerous in his own right – but hardly a powerful warrior. Neo, on the other hand, truly was a monster.

—SR11

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Cinder ignored their apologies, leaving the silent girl to handle them. As necessary as she was, and the girl was definitely important for her plans, she still had reservations about the decision. She didn't have the luxury of choice… not when she needed Roman active for their final plans. Neo's abilities in both disguise and teleportation made her invaluable in the assault. But it was those same abilities that also made her incredibly dangerous.

—SR13

[...]

Confidence aside, she had Mercury, Emerald, Roman and Neo as proof of how strong she was. Each of them was powerful in their own right, each of them answered to her.

—SR14