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Karien grinned at the guard's remark, but mostly at him calling her a smart ass and even just having the heart to warn her... not that she'd really heed it much. She walked alongside the other two quietly, her hands in her pockets and thoughts running endlessly through her head with her grin toned down to a smile. Really, even if she had thought more about what she was doing, she guessed she still would have done the same thing. That guard was crazed, pointing his gun at everyone there. If anyone was shot, it would have been better for it to be her than thirty others. So she was most definitely content with how it ended.

Now standing in the home of one she was willing to call a friend, she continued to smile. Listening to him and his wise words with an amused gaze. Afterward he spoke, she hummed and tapped her fingers on her upper arms as she folded them, "Just some water would be fine... the ride was long and they didn't offer anything." She bit her lip then when the subject of the guards, the feeling of nervous adrenaline still remained in her fingertips from when she brought the man's attention to herself. "Ah, yes, the guards. That one was interesting, wasn't he? Well, not the psycho, his voice of reason. The friend you mentioned. I was thinking earlier how I thought they were all lost to humanity's darker side... I think that guy proved me wrong." She gave a small, light laugh and rubbed the back of her head.

"I am sorry about that though... kind of... not really. If speaking the truth were the death of me, I'd die happy enough. Besides, someone had to draw his attention. Better one person die for the truth from their lips than thirty others for the killer's lack of independant thought, right?" Karien shrugged, then remembered his words had been a caution to her and Tessa which turned her lips up into a smile again, "But, uh, thanks for the worry. Don't think I've gotten a heartfelt warning from anyone in years."