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<br/>​</div>Shiro's mind had to reassess what was happening as soon as Warren threw his punch. First, Nekro hadn't made the call.<i>That </i>was somewhat frustrating. A genuine oversight on his part. He would inwardly curse himself for that assumption later. Next, Karma suddenly moved him and caught the fist with<i>frightening </i>ease. She then glared at him in such a way as to make him wonder if he would need to plan an exit strategy next. Suddenly Professor Umbervyn was shouting from the doorway. Shiro smirked ever so slightly as WRTH was put on the spot and forced to return to their dorm. Karma then turned away from Shiro, presumably fuming inside, and walked off. It was around then when K walked up and grabbed Shiro by the arm, hauling him into a corner. She seemed rather uncharacteristically angry at all this, which might have been made all the more worse as he calmly retrieved his glasses from his jacket pocket, wiped off the lenses a bit, and put them on, all while K ripped into him. She seemed to almost snarl at him with sharpened teeth, which caught his attention, but was quickly filed away as yet another faunus trait. Contrary to what some might think, faunus weren't in the habit of<i>biting </i>people, so seeing her bare her teeth at him wasn't seen so much as a threat as it was a clear indicator of just how damned angry she was. He waited patiently until she was done, actually quirking an eye brow as she demanded he apologize to Karma. Shiro carefully evaluated how he would reply...<br/><br/>"To answer your first query," He started, "The objective was to make team WRTH draw more scrutiny from faculty and staff, there by simultaneously ensuring they would be less likely to act out in the future under a watchful eye, while also causing them an appropriate degree of psychological distress due to verbal abuse in a manner similar to what they had used on Ms. Indigo. All of this would be accomplished at the cost of a few words, and maybe a bruise on my part, which I am within my rights to accept at my leisure. No one else on the team would be implicated. With a lunch room full of witnesses, all could see that I did not lay a hand on anyone from that table, nor did I engage in overtly aggressive behavior beyond simple words that only a fraction would be able to corroborate." He added, "I'd actually say it went rather well, though not entirely by design. I hadn't planned on... Nekro, was it?... failing to understand the basics of how to operate a scroll, which is more my mistake than his, frankly. The timing of the call was supposed to coincide with the average response time for any academy staff. I also hadn't planned on him allowing Karmyne to step in, which admittedly was less than fortunate."<br/><br/>He sighed, "Simply put, it was a way to get back at them the most, that would cost us the least." he frowned slightly, "As to the assertion that I 'picked a fight', I'd say a war of words doesn't qualify, and if it does, then they clearly were the ones who 'picked a fight' to begin with. I'd also like to state that while my motives were at least partly altruistic, you're absolutely right, I did it for me. I did it because they deserved it, and this infantile notion that we should all sit down and pretend to ignore them is fallacy at best, and cowardice at worst. They say the things they say because they know people won't try to do anything about it, and the cycle just ends up repeating endlessly. Years down the line, people will think back and regret not having done something. I know something about regret, and I frankly don't have the<i>time </i>for it." He looked out over the lunchroom and seemed to gather his thoughts once more, "You're correct, it was self-serving. The key part of that being 'self'. I acted alone, or<i>intended </i>to act alone." He looked back to K, "If you have a punishment in mind, I can't stop you. I'll accept the reproductions. I'll even apologize to Ms. Indigo later. Just know that as our leader, as far as I'm concerned, your authority extends only to two areas: The Arena, and fighting Grimm." He gestured out to the room as he spoke to her, "Look around you... there's no arena score board here... no Grimm attack..." He shrugged, "We've known one another for less than 24 hours. The details of which I know about you could barely fill a paragraph, and you know just as much about me. If you're expecting instant loyalty and respect, I'd say Karmyne is the one you want to talk to. Don't expect it from me."<br/><br/>He adjusted his glasses and started to head back for the dorm, speaking to her as he went, "My job is just to keep you people alive on the battlefield for the next four years. After that, I'm free to apply my research<i>independently</i>." He purposely added an edge to the last word as if to push the implication, "Everything up til then is penance..."<br/><br/>He didn't bother putting away his tray or addressing Nekro or Robin as he walked by. They were free to have their own opinions, just as the rest did. He had research to do. This was all such a waste of<i>time</i>! Inwardly, however, he felt a pang of doubt and regret. Were his actions in the best interest of the team? Did he really mean everything he said to K? Was Karma negatively impacted by the experience? He frowned slightly as he walked down the hall towards the dorms...<br/><br/>People were just so...<i>frustrating</i>.