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[color=fff200]Karin Level 5: 35/50[/color] 
Location: SOU Hideout
Word Count: Short
Points Gained: 1
New EXP Balance---
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	Karin woke up bright and early, feeling much better. No one paid much mind to her loss, and Sakura didn’t really have to know… so all was well and Karin brushed the defeat under the rug of her ego. Besides. the people of this city needed her. Karin wasn’t going to be bothered by civilian casualties because that would mean allowing more to happen. What Midgar needed was strength, not just of body, but of spirit. 

	After managing her needs and wants, she sat down with her small breakfast and listened to Goldlewis, Giovanna, Vernon, Midna, Benedic, and then lastly, Roxas, speak. Then the newcomer, Zenkichi, along with Geralt. 

	[color=fff200]”It would certainly help establish us as legitimate.”[/color] Karin said. [color=fff200]”But I’m under no illusion it would significantly increase our freedom. In my extensive experience with gaining power, one must rub elbows with those on top and work your way up. You can only crush someone if you’re above them, after all.”[/color] She said.

	[color=fff200]”...Not that we’re planning on crushing anyone.”[/color] She added. [color=fff200]”Well, if they deserve it, yes, we would be obligated to crush them.”[/color] She added again. 
	
She crossed one leg over the other as Zenkichi made his proposal about Akane. [color=fff200]”Indeed, Alcamoth would be the safest place…but this hideout is reasonably secure, yes? It’s the safest place in the city, at least. We’d need to establish our new ‘brand’ elsewhere by securing some property, if we want the hideout to remain a hideout.”[/color]	She said.

[color=fff200]”Before we make any concrete plans, we’ll have to meet up with the OSF recruits and see how that operation went…”[/color] She mused, that part mostly to herself.