Chapter 240: Normal is a silly dream
The rest of the afternoon went smoothly. Kellen finished his guiding sessions with the Espers he was in charge of, and did do an emergency guiding session for someone who had gotten a little too close to the sun. It wasn’t anywhere near a surge, but they had forgotten to take care of themselves.
It was rewarding.
He hadn’t completely forgotten why he liked guiding others, only that it was a nice thing to remember while in such a shitty situation.
Kellen could feel the tension from everyone around him. He knew that he should be feeling the same way that everyone else had.
Whoever had done this had attacked the core of the city. Some of the Guides who were very important to a front line city like they were. Everyone was upset internationally and locally. Kellen completely understood that, and was deeply upset.
He just didn’t think showing it like everyone else was, and the Guild being on high alert were really...necessary. He wasn’t going to tell that to the Captain, or anyone else who was quite upset, but those were his true feelings. It was perfectly fine to be upset, but for something like this that was going to be prolonged?
It just felt exhausting to keep it up, you know?
So, between his afternoon class, his work as the temporary head of the Guiding Division, and trying to organise the acquisition of more Guides, Kellen was almost late for his guiding session with Captain Thatcher.
Thankfully, he made it in time, but he was frustrated at how slow he was moving. It only invigorated him into prioritizing getting Guides sooner. The Guild needed them, and he needed them so Taylor didn’t worry about her supply of powers.
Plus, it would be nice to have more Guides in. Especially after their background checks.
Either way, he was slightly flushed in the face when he arrived for his guiding session. Rhys was worried at first, but when Kellen explained that he had just rushed to get here as safely as possible, he sort of relaxed. It was clear that both him, Taylor, and apparently everyone else in the damn Guild did not like seeing Kellen injured.