Kaede's face wrinkled a bit. She hadn't considered that Karina was left without her parents to cope with and while she and Kotetsu's relationship hasn't been fully amended yet she could cherish having one person important to her still around.

"Yeah, but don't you like being not told what to do?"

She watched the dogs go over to sniff at various things on the side of the road. "I think so, but Dad tells me it doesn't work like before."