Chapter 429: I made this mess, I’ll clean it up
Brent was caught up to date on what had happened. Kellen hadn’t actually told him about his ability to see the future, not because he didn’t trust him, but because the less people who knew before it was confirmed, the better.
Brent seemed stunned, shocked actually to hear that Kellen had experienced what Rhys’ powers were like. He covered his mouth, pondering, before he raised his green gaze to Kellen’s.
"I have two theories." He said, and Kellen nodded. Everyone had theories about this, and Kellen actually found it pretty amusing. His parents, Rhys, he was sure Hill had some as well as whoever else knew, like Pamela and Casper. He was excited to hear what Brent had to say though.
"Okay. Hit me with them." Kellen said, sitting back in his chair and Brent frowned.
"Well, my first is that you’re just a freak of nature and something weird like this was always bound to happen. You haven’t been as intimate as you have been with any other Esper, and we sure as hell can’t test it further now. Rhys would kill them, and I don’t want to know what would happen to me for even suggesting such a thing." Kellen tossed his head back and laughed. Brent was right. Rhys would kill the Esper he tested this on, and if he was honest, Kellen didn’t really want to do any higher level guiding with anyone else.
He lucked out. He was coming to that realisation. He didn’t mind being a one man kind of guy when it came to higher level guiding. Lower level? All day, every day. He felt nothing about holding hands with other people, regardless of gender. Rhys was fine with that. At least, he was doing his best to be fine with that.
"Okay. What’s the second one?" Kellen asked after he had finished laughing. Brent sighed.
"That it’s your compatibility that made it possible for this to happen. I don’t put much faith in Class levels. I know that sounds pretty...entitled of me, but I just don’t. Maybe it’s because I haven’t lived as a lower Class, but...that’s what I’m thinking. You two got 90% without higher level guiding. We all know, especially because of your parents, that that compatibility goes up as time goes on. You guys might be like, 92%? Hell, maybe even 95% at this point. We won’t know until you get tested again." A cold sweat slid down Kellen’s spine.
That’s all anyone was saying. Retest, retest, retest. Kellen never wanted to do another one again. He was sure that the others could tell, but he’d only managed to convince himself to go back to the Center for Charlie’s sake. It would be completely different if he had to go back for his own sake.