The Command Class result appeared while Grey was still turning over everything he'd learned from the examination, and the moment the passing notice came through, Hollen moved to prepare the final test. Grey barely noticed him, his attention caught instead on the memory of those altered raw materials and the strange feeling he'd gotten whenever he reached past their physical properties toward the Command buried inside.
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[COMMAND CLASS MECH TECH CERTIFICATION PASSED]
[Accuracy: 93.9%]
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'That's familiar.'
Grey hadn't recognized it during the first phase, not properly, but now that he knew what he was looking for, the similarity was obvious. The part of his Neural Frame he'd started thinking of as its "emotional" side after his fight with Kronos wasn't simply better at sensing souls, it seemed unusually sensitive to anything carrying the imprint of will.
Commands were exactly that.
