"It's done. You can remove your helmet now."
Both Ves and Gloriana finally pulled the stuffy piloting helmets off their heads.
Their expressions conveyed clear relief from the ordeal that they had just gone through.
"Is everything in order, Ves?"
"I believe so." He replied, though not with a lot of confidence. "As far as I can tell, the wind down process worked as intended. It did not encounter any dangerous complications nor did it go off-track. There are a few minor issues, but they are not worth our attention. We can analyze the results later. For now, we still have an ace mech to finish."
The so-called minor issues that Ves glossed over may not be as insignificant as he claimed.
Gloriana most definitely felt the absence of knowledge that previously felt like it belonged to her. She had mastered so much more about superdimensional theory just a few minutes ago. To feel it all recede like a shifting tide felt maddening in a way she could not describe.
