Chapter 382: Some people just go a little crazy
Kellen wasn’t alone comforting them for long, but that didn’t mean he took his duties to make her feel better lightly. Even as the others trickled in, it was clear that they knew what was going on as soon as they saw who Kellen had his arms around.
The excitement on their faces dimmed slightly, but not in a discompassionate way. More in a very understanding way, and they would sit down and join them as Kellen held the girl as she cried.
One of the other girls he had sent out sat down, grabbing a pastry from the tray before them and gave her a sympathetic look.
"Is this about the Esper who couldn’t keep his hands to himself?" She asked and the girl nodded into Kellen’s chest. Kellen glanced around the others, and noticed that they had similar sympathetic looks, as well as some anger as well. "Good. Get it out." The girl said, and Kellen was glad that they were so supportive.
While the girl took some time to compose herself, her tears slowly drying, Kellen kept an eye on everyone. The other Guides were talking amongst themselves, all of them also keeping an eye on her. It was a little bit funny for Kellen to realise that their behaviour was a bit of a mimic of his own.
Eventually, she calmed down enough and pushed away from Kellen’s chest. Because he was still in his Field Guide uniform, he wasn’t feeling wet at all from her tears. It was a small side benefit from the cloth it was made out of.
"Sorry for taking up so much of everyone’s time." She apologised, wiping at her eyes and Kellen was the first one to speak up.
"It’s okay. Really. It’s worse for not just yourself, but everyone else if you keep this to yourself. In a selfish way, it’s all about your own mental stability. If you aren’t mentally stable enough to watch your friend’s back, there is a chance you could have an accident in a gate. On a less selfish level, I don’t want any of you while I’m training you to have a bad impression of Field Guides and what they are capable of. Granted, I personally can contribute to the Field Guide image negatively, but there is only so much I can do." Kellen shrugged.
He knew it wasn’t fully comforting, and he hoped he hadn’t let her down. When he met her gaze she seemed...relatively calm.