Though Ves stumbled a bit during his conversation with Juliet, the two did not compromise their
ongoing collaboration. They were too mature and invested in their work to let their personal
feelings interfere with their work. Both of them were professionals who strongly cared about
finishing what they started to the best of their abilities.
Besides, Ves made up for his mistakes in the following hours. He talked about all kinds of topics with
her during their ongoing design session.
None of the topics were all that sensitive. There was no harm in talking about simple matters such
as Ves' children or what hobbies they were interested in. The sharing of information caused them to
develop a closer friendship than before.
This put them in an excellent position to start the fabrication process.
Ves reiterated his plan to Juliet. "Good work. Our designs truly encompass both of our strengths.
Before we begin, I want to remind you that I prefer to fabricate our two competition mechs as
concurrently as possible. I suspect that almost all of our rivals will decide to fabricate their mechs
sequentially rather than in parallel. It is easier to keep track of stuff as they only have to concentrate
on a single mech at a time. We won't have that luxury when we start our own fabrication run."
Though Juliet understood his reasoning for taking this approach, she still felt it was necessary to
express her doubts.
"I would be remiss in my duty if I do not warn you that we are making our jobs harder than is
necessary. The more variables we have to take into account when we start to fabricate the parts and
assemble our two mechs at the same time, the greater the probability of making mistakes. Are you
sure you want to proceed with this risky plan?"
He took her warning seriously and went through his internal calculations once again. Ultimately, he
believed that he possessed the competence to pull off this approach.
"It is worth it. This may be the first time we do anything like this, but I think it is truly essential to
the Twin Soul System if we bring these two mechs to life at the same time. It is impossible to forge a
strong and immediate bond between our hybrid mech and our light skirmisher if they are born
hours apart from each other. The older of the two mechs would become a lot more accustomed to
existing by itself rather than with a close sibling."
His overall message that the payoff was worth the considerable risk and that he would have it under
control.
He also had another reason to be optimistic about his chances.
"Blinky has rested enough to be able to deploy the design network again. It might not last the entire
way, but it should tide us over during the most challenging phases of the fabrication run. Shall we
proceed?"
"We might as well." Juliet looked resigned. "I truly envy what you and your wife can do with your
'cats'."
"Don't worry, Juliet. I haven't forgotten about your needs and that of the other Journeymen. I should
have done this sooner, but I will be granting each of you pets of your own." Ves reassured her. "You
all deserve it for contributing so much to our clan. Even if that isn't the case, I still expect you all to
use the advantages I bestow to tackle greater projects and accomplish even more."
That certainly perked her up! Juliet and many other Larkinsons in the know had become incredibly
envious of companion spirits.
However, considering that only the people that Ves favored the most possessed this rare and special
advantage, Juliet had long assumed that the price was too great for the Larkinson Clan to share the
benefits on a wider scale.
She was grateful that Ves did not leave her out much longer.
This promise along with the reactivation of the design network had improved her mood to a massive
extent!
She did not need to borrow Ves' enthusiasm as much as before to pepper her up and invigorate
herself after many hours of non-stop design work.
Just like every other participant in the Twin Souls Tournament, Ves and Juliet had opted to forgo
sleep and work all night in order to complete their competition mechs!
The superfab began to activate under their joint manipulation.
The pair of mech designers already explored the settings and the capabilities of the
university-owned superfab before. They learned that it was possible to conduct multiple different
processes at the same time as long as its users were fine with increased automation.
Ves and Juliet jointly manipulated their own projected interfaces. They activated different
fabrication orders and took greater control whenever it was possible and convenient.
Despite the fact that there was a considerable chance that their fabrication orders might overlap
with each other and subsequently get crossed somehow, their coordination remained so perfect that
none of their fears came true!
The audience once again had the privilege of witnessing another impressive performance.
[The team of Ves Larkinson and Juliet Stameros is doing it again. Do you see how much in tune they
are with each other? I can scarcely believe their superfab is producing so many different parts for
two different mechs at the same time. The two mech designers hailing from the Larkinson Clan
most certainly disabled numerous safety measures in order to make this possible.]
[Is it that special to fabricate parts of two different mechs in a single run?]
[It is. You do not realize the magnitude of how much they are flexing in front of mech designers such
as ourselves. They are showing that fabricating a single mech at a time is not a real challenge to
them. I do not blame this pair of Larkinson mech designers to be honest. Patriarch Ves Larkinson
has 7 masterwork certificates under his name. Juliet Stameros has 5 masterwork certificates, and she
can largely thank her immediate superior for earning them in the first place. Even I am envious of
their proven accomplishments in mech fabrication. I am a Senior Mech Designer who has designed
many more mechs than the Larkinson Patriarch, but I have yet to earn a single masterwork
certificate myself!] freewēbnoveℓ.com
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