Karen kinda missed not having a Guide around. Not because she wanted someone around her to be able to guide her whenever she needed it, but because she missed talking to Brent and Kellen.
Kellen had been a nice constant for years when she'd been on the front lines as a representative for the Saturn Guild. He'd always been so serious looking, and then he'd crack a silent joke every once in a while that would have her reeling as he walked away. She missed the moments where Kellen and Karen were still getting to know each other, and how their relationship had developed over the months while Kellen was getting ready to leave the front lines.
Honestly, Karen had been kind of looking forward to how their relationship, which had changed for the better in the last few months, would translate to the front lines. Instead of getting that right away, she got Brent.
