The climb up the Guild Tower only got harder from that point on. Stopping into the research department, they were already in tears as if they knew. Maeve had a rather grave expression on her face before handing over some tools as well as a few vials for him to gather samples with.
So that he would make sure to come out to give them to her.
It was a rather emotional ordeal, but it kept getting worse.
At the A Class gym, the Espers there looked ill that they were sending in a Guide, no matter who, into the new gate. It didn't matter that Kellen had years of experience under his belt, he was still a Guide, and Their Guide. He belonged to the Saturn Guild, to the Captain specifically, and that was distressing to them.
They clearly wanted to coddle him, take care of him, make sure that he was okay.
