Gloriana looked genuinely impressed at Ves.
She was already familiar with many of his successes, but now that she had learned about the hidden role played by the Mech Designer System, she finally understood the full context behind his many accomplishments.
It certainly took the shine off his legendary record. Many of his attainments that previously appeared to be impossible to replicate by other mech designers of his level now seem a lot less remarkable.
However, Gloriana did not respect Ves any less now that she became enlightened to the underlying truth.
Ves may have been an opportunist, but that did not change the fact that he had been the first to introduce living mechs, companion spirits, Carmine mechs, kinship networks and other nifty inventions to the masses.
Not every mech designer could make effective use of the Mech Designer System. Ves did far more than barricade himself in his design lab and churn out one mech design after another.
