Chapter 395: A day full of contemplation
Kellen and Rhys didn’t end up going back to sleep. Which meant that Kellen was awake, dressed, and had his own tea in his hand as he sent off the first half of his second group without a hitch. He wasn’t expecting the second half of his first group’s arrival until later, so he went off to his classes. Thankful for the jacket he was wearing.
He’d left some pretty serious teeth marks on his wrist and the meaty part of his hand. No one was really looking at his hands right now, besides Rhys, so he was free from criticism from everyone but Taylor.
Who made a comment about him needing healing as soon as she saw him in the small waiting room in the afternoon.
Rhys was busy laughing to himself as Taylor frowned. She at least looked better then the last pick up they had done, and he had a feeling that was intentional. She didn’t want to be hounded by the recently returned Guides like last time.
Kellen could understand. They had just come from a rather intense experience. Their boundaries were a little skewed because they were different on the front lines. You had to be pushy, you had to be forceful on the front lines when it came to Espers. It was the opposite when in the cities. The Espers were the forceful ones when it came to the cities.
So when Guides, particularly Field Guides came back from the front lines, there was usually a period of time where they were forceful with Espers. It got them...attention, that was for sure. It faded over time, but Kellen found it a little bit funny that it only took a week for them to change their habits.
Thankfully, Kellen hadn’t heard that there had been any altercations or issues with the second group. In fact, much like the first group, Kellen had only heard praises. So many, in fact, that some of his former trainers had reached out through proper channels to congratulate him on what he was doing, and offer their services if he needed any help. It was strange.
He was just doing what he was asked to do, and yet he was getting a lot of recognition for it. It was funny that now he was doing something that he didn’t think was a big deal, everyone was giving him the attention that he had originally wanted when he first went to the front lines. All he could do was laugh now that that was the case.
It was even funnier to him that he didn’t really need it anymore.