Chapter 194: Is this a prank?
Kellen’s first guiding session went without a hitch. The Esper was respectful, and also a Telekinetic, so they were well matched. Without doing a compatibility check, Kellen could tell that they were about the average. Under any other circumstances that would have made Kellen very happy.
But he was already paired, so it didn’t matter to him that much anymore. But for scientific reasons Kellen was keeping notes on everything. He was sure that Casper and Taylor would be interested since he had jumped Classes.
The first Esper was actually in a decent state. When Kellen stepped inside and checked them out he found that they were a giant waterfall that fell in several layers. Like there were several pools that filled until bursting and fell into the next one. That made it quite easy to monitor since if they weren’t at their full power one or more of the waterfalls wouldn’t be activated.
Kellen shouldn’t be so surprised that an S Class Esper’s powers weren’t straightforward like this, but it did make him appreciate the regular folk more.
His next two guiding sessions were a bit awkward, but not for Kellen. Kellen was just doing a job. But the new recruits were clearly worried about the Captain’s pair guiding them. The idiots even offered to be guided at the same time. Kellen had to hold himself back from going into a lecture about why they shouldn’t offer that to anyone, ever, and instead just yanked the proper one into the guiding room with him.
The new recruit, who Kellen really felt was just a child, was an Elemental Esper. A fire Elemental. They weren’t the worst for Kellen to work with, but when Kellen stepped inside him, he found that he was staring down a giant, flaming beast.
Oh boy.
It was a hard session, since Kellen could only give the beast giant vats of water to drink from to quench its thirst. Kellen would have to ask Brent to trade a different Esper with him, since it wasn’t good for either Guide or Esper if the compatibility was so terrible. The Esper also felt it too, and when they finished the session, Kellen told him of his plan.
At first the kid wanted to protest, but when Kellen mentioned Brent’s name, the kids’ eyes lit up from within. Kellen wanted to roll his eyes, surprised and not surprised that Brent had caught another one.