“Did it work?” she asked Octavia.

Octavia shook her head. “I think we got Carmine, but just before everything came down on our heads, Gill flew backward and out of the cave.”

“Carmine’s telekinesis,” Velvet said. “She used it to save her friend at the last second.”

“Carmine always had a soft spot for the Asturias twins,” Bertilak explained. “She used to call Gill ‘Queenie’ in school. She bought into their whole royalty thing big time. I think she just wanted to get as far away from the Atlesian way of life as possible.” He laughed. “Ironic that she left Atlas so she wouldn’t be pressured into joining their militia, but here she is, part of another dictator’s army.”

- RWBY: Before the Dawn, Chapter 19