When Ves finally resumed his work, his productivity changed drastically.
Designing and fabricating an archemech had always posed a significant challenge to him. His wife's preoccupation with this alien tech base had forced him to go along for the ride.
He understood the appeal behind this advanced tech. He acknowledged its very real advantages, especially to a combat platform that needed to miniaturize its components as much as possible.
Yet its steep learning curve and its progressively more complicated theories made it a nightmare for him to master. Without the same level of motivation as his wife, he would never be able to advance too far in this field.
That was an obvious disadvantage to him. It drastically limited his ability to participate in the design of all of the high-end mech designs of the Larkinson Clan.
