Coco switched her glasses back to normal magnification. Even as she was thinking about the course of action, she was rushing toward the fray. Sometimes decisions were like that—your body already knew what to do while your brain was still processing the situation. Only in this case, Coco’s body wasn’t necessarily the clearest judge of character. Her brain would have said that Carmine didn’t deserve her help.

Coco ran right up to one of the large Grimm and swung her purse in a wide, upward arc, smacking the creature from behind and sending it flying over the heads of its dark brothers. Carmine stirred and climbed to her feet—holding her sai.

She didn’t miss a beat. “Fancy meeting you here,” Carmine said to Coco. She turned to the remaining two Jackalopes. “Oh, you boys are in trouble now.”

- RWBY: Before the Dawn, Chapter 10