>>18823526“Thanks, coach. Thanks, uh... Ash.”
>[‘Equals’ might be a stretch, but perhaps Sola isn’t as far off the pace of an IC title match as she sometimes thinks. But that’s a thought for another day, because after a quick hydration break, she’s back to work.]Sola thinks of the Karna match. What went wrong? Well, her first offensive move was a missed dive. And she continuously got countered. Not to mention all of Karna’s own offence, like that first superman punch. Sola can admit to herself it was lucky she got out. And she didn’t win... okay, change gears.
What went right? She kicked out of the superman punch, and dodged another – into the German Suplex that Sheila had taught her, nonetheless. That felt pretty good, and Sola almost thought she had it there. She had landed what felt like a 10-hit combo of kicks and knees onto Karna, which was satisfying, and definitely helped keep Karna down longer at the end of the match. There, she had hit the Solar Flare with only a few seconds left, and while she didn’t get the win, you could argue she was on top when the time expired. None of this is as helpful as Sola would like, but it’s making the time go by.
Carmody was there at ringside, of course. She didn’t *do* anything, but Sola wouldn’t have wanted her to anyway. Managers in the past have done stuff like throw chairs into the ring or distract the ref, and that’s not the kind of person Sola wants Carmody to be. Not that Sola has any say in what Carmody does, as she found out—
>[Sola sees Kanako is free, and wants to make sure she okay.](Time is convoluted in the WWA Dojo. Let’s pretend this makes sense.)
