The leadership role fell on the strange tentacle-hair companion of Bill, and the operators at Ferrotown, barking orders and leading the orphans from a distance.
Once again, Kissenn was content not to interact with them or bond or get too close, as she would abandon them all, save for Jello, once her mission was completed. The same was true for all other guards.
To show compassion, and love, forge friendships, and foster care with those children was to build their relationship on a foundation of lies. Kissenn would abandon them once her mission there was done, and so would the other guards. Those orphans deserved better, but she was not better.
Maybe one day they would rise above their current predicament, but that day was far, far away.
