Editing Kenzie Martin (section)

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Kenzie is a member of a [[Breakthrough|therapy group]] that primarily communicates via [[PHO]].

She professed to be an admirer of [[Ashley]],<ref name="P.3">[[Glow-worm P.3]]</ref> and had agreed to work with them as an independent villain at a later date, although she was initially unsure if Ashley was serious about this. Ashley considered Kenzie one of the few people worthy of her attention and investment.<ref name="P.7"/> They have started treating each other like family.

She claimed a possible romantic interest in [[Chris Elman]].<ref name="P.6">[[Glow-worm P.6]]</ref> In conversation with him, HSP revealed that she had been observing Mammal's private conversations with other users. Chris had known he was being watched for some time, noting that their stalker was too skilled not to be watching their activities on PHO.<ref name="P.6">[[Glow-worm P.6]]</ref> She noticed that both of them shared similar interests and personalities, including a familiarity for all consuming special projects, and was heartbroken that he didn't think that was enough for a relationship.<ref>“I don’t know exactly how to put it.  A bunch of people here probably get it, or they got a taste of it,” Kenzie said.  “You don’t get powers unless you don’t have anyone to turn to, or something?  But there’s a difference between being totally alone the once and being totally, one hundred percent alone because that’s the way things are, or it’s the way you are, and it’s a pattern.  And because it’s a pattern you’ll probably be this alone again in five years or ten years.  It’s a loneliness that’s lonelier because there’s no way it can get better.”<br><br>“I think you’d be surprised how others relate to that,” Sveta said.<br><br>“I guess so,” Kenzie said.  “I haven’t thought that much about it.” <br>[...]<br>“Um.  Anyway, that pattern?  There’s more to it.  Chris gets it, I think.  He welcomes it, encourages it.  We’re different because I don’t want it, but he and I have that common ground.  We’ve both nosedived into big projects that you can only really do if you don’t do ''anything'' else, and we can talk about those things.  That was a me and him thing. [...] I was talking with him about it not all that long ago, especially over the summer when there wasn’t school, and I remember thinking it would be so nice to do that for a long time.  It made so much sense because we had that common ground, right?  I kind of fell in love with that idea and I fell in love with him at the same time.  Not regular love, it was a bit different this time.  Maybe crush-love.”<br><br>Ah.  So that was what she’d been getting at.<br><br>“Aw, hon,” Erin said.  She’d returned a minute ago, and I hadn’t noticed.<br><br>“He said no, by the way,” Kenzie added.  “He said we’d never get along and he’s right.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/10/30 Excerpt] from [[Polarize 10.3]]</ref> She didn't know that he was a tinker.<ref>[[Blinding 11.2]]</ref>