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| - Readers are first introduced to Klara after the Runaways helped to stop a fire in a factory full of children in New York City in the year 1907, where they had become displaced due to a time device created by Gert's parents. After the fire is put out, Karolina flies through the factory looking for survivors and comes across a bridge of rose vines through a hole in the wall and catches a glimpse of Klara as she runs away. Later that night, Karolina came across some similar roses and spied into a window where she saw young Klara about to be beaten by an older man for not selling the flowers for money, angering Karolina greatly. The next day, Karolina takes Molly with her to confront Klara about her powers, and tell her not to worry. When Molly asks if she'd like to join the team to get away f
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| - Readers are first introduced to Klara after the Runaways helped to stop a fire in a factory full of children in New York City in the year 1907, where they had become displaced due to a time device created by Gert's parents. After the fire is put out, Karolina flies through the factory looking for survivors and comes across a bridge of rose vines through a hole in the wall and catches a glimpse of Klara as she runs away. Later that night, Karolina came across some similar roses and spied into a window where she saw young Klara about to be beaten by an older man for not selling the flowers for money, angering Karolina greatly. The next day, Karolina takes Molly with her to confront Klara about her powers, and tell her not to worry. When Molly asks if she'd like to join the team to get away from her abusive life, they are stunned to learn that it's not so easy for her, as the man Karolina saw was not her father, but her husband. As it turns out, Klara's family had married her off to Mr. Prast (who was traveling to America), and turned their backs on her, because her mother had seen her as something unholy and called her powers a "curse." Karolina and Molly manage to persuade Klara to come with them, albeit hesitantly, Klara gets scared and runs off after seeing Karolina and Xavin, in her female form, have an intimate moment, something her Christian upbringing makes her perceive as "disgusting", as well as the fact that Xavin's form is of an African American. Molly confronts her on this and leaves her saddened, saying she's acting just like another grown up. Klara returns home after this as evidenced by the fact that after finding the Runaways just after their great alley battle, she turns up battered and bruised by her husband, and the team gladly still accepts for her to come with them. They then all travel in the Leapfrog back to the exact point in time from which the team originally left.
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