Chapter 343: Not perfect, but still working
Two days passed, and it was like everyone in the higher up positions in the Guild were walking on pins and needles. Hill was still on guard duty, Rhys was managing decently on his own, with some help from Pamela and now Kellen since he had taken over for him once, and Brent was getting restless.
During this time, Captain Sergei had sent Kellen an email with a list of all of the Gates that they needed to raid soon, and what they needed in terms of Class and abilities. While most of his students weren’t quite ready, that didn’t mean he didn’t appreciate it. When Brent saw that email, his eyes had lit up from within, and Kellen knew it was time.
Brent needed to go back to the front lines and get this energy worked out of him soon, or else he might break down. He was holding up, and a great support to the Guild right now, but he needed to work out his...kinks.
Casper was doing...okay. He was doing okay. Pamela had gotten him set up with someone to talk to, and had blatantly lied to him and told him that she wasn’t a therapist, and just a good family friend. It terrified Kellen that Casper believed her, and how easily she did it. With her eyes pink all the time like Rhys, and her powers still unknown, he had no idea what she could do.
But, given what he’d seen, it was clear that manipulation clearly had a role to play, since Casper wasn’t an idiot. That, or he just wanted to believe her.
Gunther? Well, he had stopped destroying his room. It had taken one more day after Kellen’s visit, but he had tempered his anger somewhat. Hill had gotten him some workout equipment, and that seemed to help. He also hadn’t turned away the Guides that had been sent to help him, but he wouldn’t do anything beyond basic guiding.
Kellen respected that, and had Hill report everything back to him when it came to the Guides. Hill completely understood, even if it hurt her that she did. Kellen didn’t blame her, and he would have treated anyone who had gone through a serious shock like Gunther in the same way. If it had been Hill, Taylor, hell, even Gwen.
Espers in shock were dangers to not just themselves, but everyone else around them. Surging came from serious mental shifts, and lack of guiding. Usually those two things went hand in hand, and Kellen had seen too many nice Espers lash out at Guides when in unstable conditions to take any chances.
Gunther had refused to see any therapists, but it was only two days later. Kellen held hope that the man would see that he would need to speak to someone, anyone, and Kellen also knew that that chance lay with Rhys.