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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; caret-color: #222222; color: #222222;" data-p-id="3789bda166ac6c94030934d9c203aad1"Although she feels bad for the others, Kari did her very best in that performance... Was she supposed to feel guilty..? span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"Vee-Evui?/em/span Eevee puts a paw to her hand. Kari looks down at him, her mind a bit more calm. She nods, "You're right. I just need to ignore them and keep going..!" span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"Vee! /em/spanIt was all apart of the competition. She knew that, but... She thought back to Nachi. The way she was helpful and kind to her... Those other Contests were nothing like this one... The other Coordinators were serious; after all, it was a competition.../p
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