Exlor
While the fabrication of another masterwork Mech was amazing, it should not overshadow the crucial issue of Gloriana’s attitude towards nutrient packs is appalling. Had that been one of Ves’s 3000 years old vintage nutrient packs, the subtle blending of flavours would have been totally overlooked by her unladylike “gulping”. Just one more thing Ves and Gloriana will never share an appropriation of… if they didn’t share their love of building masterworks, what else glues these two together?
So here I was thinking, it feels like Joshua is the author showing us what Ves would have been without his mother interfering and waisting his genetic aptitude. It feels like Joshua is basically the polar opposite character of Ves. Where Ves is cynical, Joshua is optimistic, where Ves sees his men as assets, Joshua sees them as comrades, where Ves sees the world in dark shades of gray, Joshua mostly sees the best in everything. In my honest opinion, if the author ever decides to orchestrate Ves's downfall, it will begin when Joshua voluntarily leaves him. What do you guys think?