"That was close."
"Good one, 445."
"You really had us there."
"You got lucky."
"You cheated. That girl should have won."
"Pray I don't get to fight you, otherwise I'll be disqualified for killing you, you cheater..."
'Cringe.'
As she made her way back into the lobby, Krista received praise and curses from spectators and fellow participants like her, most of which she ignored.
The more obscene the comments about her were, the less urgency she gave to them, and thus, the less effect they had on her.
She wasn't bothered by them, not one bit. What was on her mind was her next fight and the strategies she wished to use.
Her first opponent was a challenge she didn't expect to come across this early into the contest, and because of that, she started to prepare beforehand for the next one.
Who knows how strong the next mutant she'll fight will be?
