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Karien's expression went blank for a moment when she heard the voice of the guard, but then her features twisted to show her annoyance as she spoke in her childhood code, "Tjoug, do teg gso umghy taujw wet." She folded her arms and huffed before looking over her shoulder in the direction of the voice. From what she could tell, the rest of the platform had gone pretty quiet, but she doidn't turn down the volume of her own voice. A moment later she turned to fully face the newer guards, her arms still folded but her expression more guarded. She didn't care that no one would understand her words, as the amount of spite and annoyance she filled her tone with would make it clear enough she wasn't trying to be friendly.

"Might just be a crappy piece of random technology laying around somewhere, acting up. You know, the way crappy tech tends to act in this part of the Complex." Karien didn't actually know this, but she assumed it could be pretty common with technology being pretty much everywhere and this being one of the worse part of the "Center for the Gifted." It would make sense... at least, she hoped it would. "I'm pretty sure those fancy helmets you hide behind would pick that up too."

She sighed and brushed a hand through her hair, resting her hand at the back of her head before waving her free hand dismissively, "Besides, I heard the 'No Magyk' law was a new lone. And a new law in such a big place, whether it's a disguised genocide or not, will call for time to help the people transition and adjust to it. So, newbie, I suggest you relax and go take a breather, maybe look through whatever 'Guide to Being a Sadistic Guard' they have you reading, kay? I was just taken from a life of freedom that the majority of people that have ever lived and died here have never seen. I'd like to have a relatively quiet first day here to adjust to my new life as a prisoner before I eventually die because of your damned laws."

Finally, she placed her hands in her pockets before looking to Ayumu and Tessa, "Can we go, please? I've said my part, and in nicer words than what's in my head. I don't know if I can keep up such a polite vocabulary with these people for much longer. And I don't want anyone to get shot because I piss off a few new guards that are eager to prove themselves." She glanced back at the crazed guard with an almost sad glance, then at the guy next to him that seemed to be his friend, giving a look that said he'd made it to her good side unlike his friend. She hadn't missed his comment of them being people... and it made him okay in her eyes, for now.