Tyrant

by James K

  After-ithe-iclass,-iTracy-ijoined-iinstead-iwith-iWilliam-iand-iGilbert's-igroup-ion-itheir-ilunch-iat-ithe-icafeteria.-iTracy-idid-inot-ireally-istart-ia-iconversation-iabout-iwhat-ishe-ihas-iin-imind-iwhen-ishe-iasked-iWilliam-ion-ithe-iclass.-i

  It-iwas-ionly-iuntil-iWilliam-iplanned-ito-igo-ivisit-ithe-istudent-icouncil-ioffice-ithat-iTracy-iasked-ito-icome-ialong-iwith-ihim.-iBoth-iof-ithem-iwas-ion-ithe-iway-ito-ithe-ioffice.

  "I-iheard-ithat-iyou-iwere-ithe-iTraceless-iHands?"

  "Hmm?-iThat-ifast?-iIt-iseems-ithere's-ia-ilot-iof-iholes-iin-ithe-iNMTI's-isecurity."

  William-iknow-ithat-iit-iwill-ibe-ileaked-ibut-ihe's-inot-iexpecting-ito-ibe-ithat-iquick.

  "Haha,-iat-ileast-ionly-ithe-iupper-iclasses-iare-ithe-iones-iwho-iwere-iaware-iof-iit.-iIt-ican-ibe-ia-iform-iof-iprotection-ito-iyou-ias-iwell.-iSo-ithey-iknow-iwho-inot-ito-imess-iwith."

  Tracy-iseemed-ito-ibe-imore-ihappy-iafter-iconfirming-ihis-iidentity-ias-iit-icleared-iall-iher-idoubts.

  William-ionly-iused-iTraceless-iHands-ias-ianother-iidentity-ibecause-ithe-imagic-ijammer-icanceller-iwill-idefinitely-inot-ibe-ilikened-iby-isome-ipeopl.-iIt-iwas-ito-iprotect-ihimself-ias-iwell.-iOf-icourse,-iit-iis-iwith-ithe-iintention-iof-imaking-ihis-iown-ibrand-ifor-ithe-ifuture-itoo.

  "I-ihope-iso."-iWilliam-ianswered-iTracy-ias-ithey-inear-ithe-istudent-icouncil-ioffice.-iShe-idoesn't-ihave-iintention-iof-ijoining-iWilliam-iin-ithe-ioffice-iand-ijust-iliked-ito-italk-ito-ihim.-i

  "Well...-iHave-iyou-iseen-iour-iclassmate's-ioriginal-imana-iartifact?"

  Tracy-istopped-iwalking-ias-ishe-iasked-iWilliam-ionce-imore-i

  "Yes,-iit's-ia-igood-iartifact.-iHe'll-idefinitely-ibe-ian-iamazing-imagic-iengineer-isome-iday."

  William-icomplimented-iRoss-ias-iif-iit-idoesn't-iaffect-ihim-iin-iany-iway.-i

  "Haha...-iIs-ithat-iso?-iDo-iyou-iplan-ito-iget-ia-islot-ion-ithe-iTMAC?-iThat-iartifact-icould-iallow-ihim-ito-igain-ibetter-ichances-iwith-ithe-islot-ithough."

  "Yes,-iDon't-iworry.-iI'll-idefinitely-ihave-ione."

  "Cool,-iit's-iseems-iyou're-ireally-iconfident,-ihuh?-iGoodluck-ithen."-i

  Tracy-iwaved-igoodbye-ias-iWilliam-ientered-ithe-istudent-icouncil-ioffice-ito-ireport.

  ***

  That-inight-iWilliam-iwas-ibusy-ion-ihis-iworkshop.-ias-ihe-iplans-ito-ifinish-ihis-imana-iartifact-ito-igain-ileverage.-iWith-iRoss-iearning-iprestige-iwith-ihis-inew-imana-iartifact,-ihim-ibeing-iselected-ias-ia-iparticipant-iwas-imore-ilikely-ito-ihappen-iif-iWilliam-idid-inot-ido-isomething.

  "Controls-iare-igood,-itransitioning-iwas-iquick,-ipower-iis-isufficient-iand-ioperation-itime-iwas-ilonger-ithan-iexpected.-iThis-ishould-iwork."

  William-iwas-iabout-ito-icomplete-ihis-ifinishing-itouches-iwhen-ihe-isuddenly-iremembered-ihis-iSilver-isphere.-iThere-iwere-istill-i3-iempty-islot-ion-iit.-iThe-ifirst-ione-ialready-icontains-ijax-istone-iwere-imagic-ijammer-icanceller-istructure-iwas-iinfused.-i

  He-ihas-iplans-ifor-ithis-i3-islot-ibut-ihadn't-ihad-itime-ito-iwork-ion-iit.-i

  "Hmm.."

  He-iwas-iplanning-ito-iwork-ion-iit-ias-iit-imay-ionly-itake-ihim-ifor-ia-ifew-idays.-iAfter-iall,-ithis-inew-imana-iartifact-ithat-ihe-icreated-imay-ibe-itoo-imuch-iwhen-ithinking-iabout-iit.-iWilliam-isighed.

  "Let's-ifinish-ithis-ifirst."-i

  ###-iChapter-i29-i--iPrototype-i(Part-i1)

  The-inew-imana-iartifact-ior-itechnology-ithat-iWilliam-icreated-idoes-inot-iheavily-irely-ion-imagic-istructure-ibut-irequires-ia-ibit-imore-iin-iterm-iof-iadvanced-itechnology.

  Fortunately,-ieven-iwith-ihis-ilimited-iknowledge,-ihe-iwas-iable-ito-icomplete-ithis-inew-idevice.-i

  "It's-istill-ia-ibit-icrude-icompared-ito-iwhat-iI've-iimagined-ibut...-ithis-ishould-ibe-ienough-ifor-inow,-ionce-iI've-ireally-ifound-imy-ispaceship,-iwith-iit's-iinstalled-iA.I.-iI-icould-istill-iimprove-ithis."

  William-icomforted-ihimself-ias-ihe-ilooked-iat-ithe-i'crude'-iartifact-ion-ithe-itable.-iOf-icourse,-ithis-iis-iin-iterms-iof-itechnology-ithat-ihe-ilearned-iin-ihis-iprevious-ilife,-ibut-iif-icompared-ito-itechnology-ihere,-ithis-i'crude'-ithat-iWilliam-imentioned-iwould-ibe-ienough-ito-iblow-ithe-imind-iof-iinnovators.

  He-ihad-ionly-ibeen-iable-ito-icomplete-ithis-itechnology-idue-ito-ihim-ihaving-ia-ifew-iknowledge-iabout-irepairing-imech-iframes,-ispace-icraft-iand-iother-iadvanced-itechnology-idevices.-i

  He-ihad-ithese-ilearned-ias-ifor-isomeone-iliving-iin-ispace,-iit-irequired-ithem-isome-igeneral-iknowledge-ion-ihow-ito-irepair-itheir-iequipments.-iAfter-iall,-ithey-icould-ionly-idepend-ion-ithemselves-iespecially-iwhen-ithey-itraverse-ia-ilong-ijourney-iwithout-iany-inear-ispace-istations-iwhere-ithey-icould-iresupply-iand-idock-ifor-irepair.-i

  He-iwas-iglad-ithat-ihe-ilearned-ithese-ithings-ifrom-itheir-iZymeth's-ionly-istationed-imaster-iengineer.-iAs-iWilliam-iremembered-itheir-iDreadnaught-class-ispaceship-iZymeth,-ihe-icouldn't-ihelp-ibut-ifeel-iemotional.

  He-icould-ionly-ilament-ias-ihe-iknow-ithat-ihe-icouldn't-ido-ianything-iabout-iit-iand-icould-ionly-ihide-ithis-ideep-iwithin-ihis-imind-iso-ias-inot-ito-iaffect-ihis-iperformance-iwhenever-ihe-irequires-ito-ido-isome-iwork.

  William-iretrieved-ihis-imana-iartifact-iand-iplanned-ito-isubmit-iit-ifor-ievaluation.-iUnfortunately-ino-irewards-ifrom-ipathfinder-ithis-itime-ifor-ihis-inewly-icreated-imana-iartifact-ias-ithe-icurrent-imission-ihe-ireceived-iwas-ifor-ibeing-iselected-ias-ia-iparticipant.

  "Let's-isee-iwhat-ithey'll-ithink-iabout-imy-inew-iartifact."

  William-iwas-igrinning-iwith-iconfidence-ias-ihe-ireadied-ito-itravel-iin-ithe-icity-ito-iget-ian-ievaluation.-iHe-ihad-ialready-iinformed-iin-iadvanced-iso-ievaluators-ifor-ithis-imana-iartifact-iwould-ibe-iready-ionce-ihe-iarrived.

  Unlike-ithe-imagic-istructure-ifor-imagic-ijammer-icanceller-ithat-ihe-isubmitted-ibefore,-ihe-iwill-inow-isubmit-ia-icomplete-imana-iartifact-iincluding-ia-imagic-istructure-iso-ithis-iwill-ibe-idifferent.-iAnd-ialso,-isince-ihe-iwas-ialready-ia-ibit-iknown-iin-ithe-iindustry,-ithey-ihave-iquickly-imade-iarrangement-ifor-ithis-ievaluation.

  William-ihired-ia-iservice-ivan-ito-ibring-ihim-ito-ithe-iNMTI-iat-ithe-iheart-iof-ithe-icity-iand-iwith-ioversized-ibag-iaccompanying-ihim,-ihe-ilooked-iback-iat-ihis-ihouse-iand-iworkshop.

  "It's-ibecoming-iunsafe,-iI-ishould-itry-iincreasing-imy-isecurity-ihere."

  Providing-iprotection-ican-ibe-ihandled-iby-isome-isecurity-icompany-ithat-iWilliam-icould-ihire.-iAfter-iall,-ihe-icouldn't-ijust-iinstall-idestructive-imagic,-ihigh-ipowered-ifire-iarms-iand-iexplosives-iin-ithe-isurroundings-iof-ihis-iproperty.-iHe-istill-ihas-ito-iabide-iin-icertain-ilaws-imandated-iby-ithe-igovernment.

  He-ihas-ilittle-iknowledge-iof-iit-iso-ihe'll-imost-ilike-iask-iassistance-ifrom-ihis-iparents.-iOf-icourse,-ithis-iwouldn't-istop-iWilliam-icreating-iartifacts-ior-itechnology-ithat-iwould-iprotect-ihim-iand-ihis-icreations.-iIn-ifact,-ihe-ialready-ihas-ia-icouple-iof-imana-iartifacts-ito-iprotect-ihimself.-i

  ***

  Ross-iwas-icurrently-iwaiting-ifor-ihis-iuncle-ito-ifinish-ispeaking-iwith-ihis-iguest.-iHe-ihas-ivisited-ia-imanor-ilocated-inear-ithe-iedge-iof-iTanza-iCity-iwhere-ithe-ibranch-ifamily-iof-iSchien-ilives-ias-ihe-iwas-itold-ithat-ihis-iuncle-ifrom-ithe-imain-ibranch-iarrived-ihere-ito-idiscuss-isome-ithings-ito-ihim.

  He-iwaited-ipatiently-iand-isoon-iheard-ithe-idoor-iopening-ias-ia-imiddle-iaged-iman-iwearing-ia-iblack-icoat-iand-ihat-istepped-iout-iof-ithe-iroom.-iThe-iman's-iblue-ieye-iradiates-icoldness-ithat-icould-ifreeze-ianyone-ilooking-iat-ihim.-iRoss-idid-inot-ispeak-iand-iwaited-ifor-ithe-ito-iman-ipass-iover-ihim-ias-ihe-isilently-ileft-ithe-imanor.-i

  Ross-ihad-iseen-ithe-iman's-iface-iand-ifelt-ithat-ithe-iperson-iwas-ifamiliar-ibut-icouldn't-iquite-iremember-iwhere-ihe-isaw-ihim.-iHe-igaze-iover-ithe-iman's-iback-ias-ihe-itried-ito-irecognize-ithis-iperson-ibut-ito-ino-iavail.-i

  He-ibear-iin-imind-ithe-iman's-iface-iand-iwill-itry-ito-ilook-iinto-iit-ionce-ihe-ihad-itime.-iRoss-iknocked-ion-ithe-idoor-iand-iintroduced-ihimself.

  "Come-iin."

  A-ivoice-idevoid-iof-iwarmness-iwas-iheard-icoming-ifrom-ithe-iroom.-iIt-iwas-ihis-iunc
le.-i

  Ross-ientered-ithe-iroom-iand-isaw-ia-iplump-imiddle-iaged-iman-iadorned-iby-iluxurious-iornament.-iThe-iman-ihas-ia-iwell-icombed-igraying-ihair-ithat-idoesn't-imove-ieven-iwith-ithe-istrong-iair-iconditioning-iof-ithe-iroom,-ione-icould-ieven-iconceive-iit-ias-ia-iwig.-iHis-ieyes-iwore-ia-istern-iexpression-ias-ihe-ilooked-iat-iRoss.-i

  "Uncle-iGeorge,-iI've-iheard-ithat-iyou-iwish-ito-idiscuss-isome-ithings-iwith-ime."

  Ross-iasked-idirectly.-iHe-imay-ihave-imissed-ito-istart-iwith-ipleasantries-ibecause-ihe-iwas-iin-ia-ihurry-ito-iget-iout-iof-ithis-iplace-ias-iwell.-iIt's-inot-ithat-ihe-iwas-iat-ia-irebelling-iphase-ias-ia-iteenager-ibut-ihe-ijust-ihate-ito-ideal-iwith-ihis-iuncle-iwho-ifelt-ithat-ihe-iwas-ithe-iSchien's-iFamily-iHead.

  This-iman-ialways-itries-ito-iget-iinvolved-iin-iany-iactions-ithat-ithe-ifamily-igets-iinto.-iEspecially-ifor-ithe-iyounger-igeneration,-ihe-iwas-imore-istrict-iand-iunforgiving.-iUnfortunately,-idue-ito-ithe-icurrent-icircumstances-iof-ithe-ifamily-ihead,-ihe-ihad-ito-ideal-iwith-iit.

  "Yes,-iwe-ihave-ito-icelebrate-ithe-ioriginal-iartifact-iyou-imade!-iSuch-ian-iamazing-iitem-icouldn't-ibe-igone-iunnoticed!-iAs-iexpected,-iwe-ido-ihave-ithe-isame-igene."

  "Thank-iyou,-iuncle."

  Ross-iwas-isilent-ifor-ia-imoment-ibefore-ivoicing-iout-ihis-iwords.

  "You-idon't-ihave-ito-iworry-iabout-itaking-icare-iof-ithe-imanufacturing-irights-ion-ithis-iartifact.-iI-ican-itake-icare-iof-iit-iall!"

  His-iuncle-iannounced-ihappily-ias-iif-iit-iwas-ia-ihuge-ihelp-ito-iRoss.-i

  "This..."

  "You-idon't-ihave-ito-ibe-ithankful,-iwe-iare-ifamily-iafter-iall.-iHahaha!"

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  Mr.-iBryson-iis-ia-icertified-imagic-iengineer-iand-iis-iworking-iin-ithe-ifield-ifor-imore-ithan-i30-iyears.-iHe-iwas-ia-ifriend-iof-iElaine-iMavis-Ravencroft,-iWilliam's-imother.

  He-iwas-icontacted-iby-ithis-iold-ifriend-iand-irequested-ito-itake-icare-iof-iher-ison.-iToday,-iher-ison-iarrived-ibringing-isomething-ito-ibe-ievaluated.

  Bryson-ilooked-iat-ithe-iinformation-ipresented-iabout-ithis-iastounding-imana-iartifact-ior-imaybe-ian-iadvanced-itechnology-ipowered-iby-imana.-iHe-iwas-iunsure-iat-ithe-imoment-iuntil-ihe-ifully-iscrutinized-ithis-iequipment.-iAlthough-ithere-iis-ia-ispecial-imagic-istructure,-ihe-inoticed-ithat-iit-iheavily-irelies-iin-isome-iunusual-itechnology-iand-imana-iwas-ijust-ian-iauxillary.

  "An-iatmospheric-ifloatation-idevice-iof-ielectromagnetic-iand-imana-icycle-iprinciple...-iit-irequires-igyroscopic-istabilization...-icapable-iof-isuspending-iusers-iin-istationary-iflight-iand-imoving-ithrough-ithe-iair-iat-ifast-ispeed..-ia-iprototype..-iA-iprototype?!"

  He-iwas-iquickly-ireading-ithrough-iit's-idescription-iand-inoticed-ia-istatement-itelling-iit's-ijust-ia-iprototype-iwhich-ishocked-ihim-iat-ilot.-iHe-ilooked-iat-ithe-iprovided-istatistics-iof-iit's-iperformance-iand-iwondered-iwhat-iwould-ia-ifinal-iproduct-icould-ido.-i

  He-ishook-ihis-ihead-iin-iamazement-iand-ifinished-ireading-iits-idescription-iHe-ilooked-iback-iat-ithe-iname-iof-ithis-imana-iartifact.

  "Float-iDrive-iSystem"

  ###-iChapter-i30-i--iPrototype-i(Part-i2)

  William-iarrived-iat-ithe-iNational-iMagic-iTrade-iand-iIndustry-ibuilding-ilate-iin-ithe-iafternoon.-iThere-ihe-imet-iwith-isome-ifamiliar-ipeople-iwho-ihelped-ihim-iprocess-ihis-ipatent-iapplication.

  As-ihe-ihad-igiven-ia-inotice-iprior-ito-ihis-ivisit,-ithe-ipersonnels-ialready-imade-isome-iarrangement-ifor-ihim.-iHe-iwas-inow-isitted-iat-ithe-ireceiving-iroom-iand-iwas-igreeted-iby-ia-iman-iin-ihis-ififties-iwith-ia-iwarm-ismile.-i

  "Hello-ithere-iWilliam,-iI've-iheard-ia-ilot-iabout-iyou-ifrom-iyour-imother.-iIt-iseems-ithat-iyou-ireally-ihave-ia-ipromising-ifuture-iahead-iof-iyou."

  "You-iflattered-ime.-iI-iprobably-iinherited-iit-ifrom-imy-imom."

  William-ihumbly-iaccepted-ihis-ipraises-iand-iwondered-iwho-ithis-iperson-iis.-iHe-iwas-iabout-ito-iask-ihis-iname-ibecause-ihe-ireally-ican't-iremember-ito-ihave-imet-ithis-iperson,-iintroduced-iby-ihis-imother-ior-imet-ieven-iin-iphotos.

  "Oh,-iI-iforgot.-iI'm-iBryson.-iBryson-iGrant."

  Bryson-iintroduced-ihimself-ias-ihe-iextended-ihis-ihand-ifor-ia-ishake.

  This-itime,-iWilliam-ihad-imade-isome-irecollection.-iBryson-iGrant-iwas-ia-iname-irecorded-iin-ithe-ibooks-ihe-ihave-iread.-iHe-iis-ian-iunderrated-imagic-iengineer-iwho-ihad-imade-ia-ilot-iof-icontribution-iin-ithe-irecent-iyears-iof-imana-istudy.

  To-ihave-imet-ithe-iengineer-iin-iperson-iand-ito-ibe-iknown-iby-ihim-iwas-ireally-iflattering.-iThis-iman-ihas-icontributed-ia-ilot-iin-ideveloping-iArcane-iForce-iField-ithat-inow-iprotects-ievery-ilarge-icities-iof-iZairus-ifrom-iany-ilarge-iscale-imagic-ibombardments.-iWilliam-iwas-ivery-iinterested-iabout-ihow-ithis-iforce-ifield-iworks-itoo.

  There-iwas-ialso-ithis-iArgus-iDrones-iv1.6-ithat-iwas-iused-ifor-icombat-iand-ireconnaissance.-iAlthough-ithese-idrones-ior-iformally-iknown-ias-iunmanned-iaerial-ivehicles-ithat-iwas-ideveloped-iby-iNord-iAviation-iwas-istill-iimmature-icompared-ito-iwhat-iWilliam-iwas-iaware-iof,-itheir-icreations-iwas-ialready-iamazing-idespite-itheir-ilacking-ienergy-isources.

  Unfortunately,-idue-ito-iyears-iof-ino-iadvancement-iin-ithis-ifield-iand-ilack-iof-ifunds,-ifurther-iresearch-iwas-ibasically-icancelled.-iThere-iwere-iothers-ilike-iAerial-iGaze,-idrones-iwho-iwere-ionly-icapable-iof-isurveillance-iand-iborder-ipatrol-ithat-iwas-ideveloped-ibut-ithe-iArgus-iDrone-icreated-iby-iBryson-iGrant's-iteam-iwas-ialready-ithe-ilatest-iand-imost-iadvanced-idrone-itechnology-ithat-ihas-iever-iappeared.-i

  Although-ithere's-ino-iwar-ithat-iwas-ibrewing-iin-ithe-ipast-ihundred-iyears,-imagicians-inever-istopped-ito-iresearch,-idevelop-iand-iimprove-itheir-iabilities.-iHaving-ipeaceful-itime-ionly-iallowed-ithese-igenius-italents-iin-itheir-ifields-ito-ibetter-itheir-iskills.-iOf-icourse,-iup-ito-iwhen-ithis-ipeaceful-itime-iwill-ilast,-iWilliam-iwas-icertainly-inot-iaware.-i

  It-iseems-ithat-iI-istill-iunderestimated-imy-iparent's-iconnections.

  This-iwas-iwhat-ihe-ithought-isince-ithis-iperson-ihas-ia-ilevel-iof-iprestige-iin-imagic-iengineering-ifield.

  "It's-imy-ihonor-ito-imeet-isuch-ian-iexemplary-imagician."

  William-irespectfully-ishook-ihis-ihand-iwith-iBryson-ias-ithey-istarted-ito-idiscuss-ithe-imana-iartifact-ithat-ihe-ibrought-iwith-ihim.-iThey-iproceeded-iin-ithe-ievaluation-iroom-ias-iWilliam-itook-iout-ithe-ioversized-ibag-iwith-ihim-iand-ibrought-iout-ia-idevice.-i

  It-iis-ia-iblack-idevice-ior-imachine-ithat-ican-ibe-iworn-iat-ithe-iback-iof-ia-imagician-iwith-ia-isize-iof-i2-ift-iand-iweighed-ifor-i16.3-ikg.-iIt-iscaled-ijust-ito-icover-ithe-iback-iof-ia-iperson-iand-ione-inoticeable-ifeature-iof-ithis-idevice-iis-ithe-iprotruding-isemi-icircle-iat-ithe-iback.-iIt's-ipitch-iblack-icircle-ifelt-ilike-ia-iblackhole-ithat-icould-idevour-iyou-iin.

  Bryson-iwas-ia-ibit-ibewildered-iby-ithis-iunusual-iartifact,-ibut-ias-ia-imagician-iwho-ihave-iseen-imany-iincredible-ithings,-iit-ididn't-ishow-ion-ihis-iface-iand-ibrowsed-iover-ithe-idescription-iof-ithe-imana-iartifact.-i

  It-iwas-ithis-itime-ithat-ihe-iwas-iastounded-iby-ithe-icapabilities-iof-ithis-iFloat-iDrive-iSystem-ithat-iWilliam-ihas-icreated.-iHe-iwas-iamazed-iabout-ithe-iusage-iof-imana-iand-ielectromagnetic-iprinciple-iin-ithis-idevice-ithat-iallows-ithe-iuser-ito-ifloat-iand-ifly-ifor-ia-imaximum-ispeed-iof-i260-imph-iand-iits-ioperation-itime-ialso-ilast-ifor-i6-ihours.-i

  How?

  It-iwas-ithe-iquestion-ithat-iBryson-iwould-ilike-ito-iask.

  Of-icourse,-ithis-itechnology-iwas-istill-ivery-icrude-iin-ifront-iof-iWilliam-iso-ihe-iwas-iokay-ion-ireleasing-isome-iinformation-ifor-ithe-icountry-iand-igive-ihim-ienough-iprestige-ifor-ia-ichance-ito-iparticipate-iin-ithe-icompetition.-iAfter-iall,-ionce-ihe-icontributed-ihere,-iit-iwill-inot-igo-iunnoticed-iin-ithe-iacademy-isince-iLeonhearts-iAcademy-iis-itied-ito-ia-igovernment's-imilitary-iand-ihis-iidentity-ias-ia-istudent-ithere-iwill-igive-ihim-iopportunity.

  As-iWilliam-ilooked-iat-iMr.-iBryson-iwho-iwas-iseriously-istudying-ithe-iartifact,-itook-ia-iseat-iand-iwaited.-iEvaluation-ifor-ithis-iartifact-iwould-itake-iquite-isome-itime-iso-igrade-iwill-ibe-igiven.-iIt-imay-i
take-ia-iday-ior-itwo-iif-ithe-ipersonnel-ifocused-ionly-ion-ievaluating-iit.-i

  "It-iseems-iI-iwould-ineed-iother-imagic-iengineers-istationed-ito-igive-iproper-ievaluation.-iRest-iassured-ithat-iwith-isuch-ia-iperfect-imagic-istructure-iand-icomponents-iof-imaterial,-ithis-iwill-ibe-ievaluated-ihighly."

  Of-icourse,-iit-iwasn't-iperfect-ifor-iWilliam-ibut-ihe-ijust-ismiled-iat-ithis.-iHe-ionly-iwaited-ifor-i15-iminutes-ibefore-ifour-iother-imagic-iengineers-iarrived-iand-iwith-iBryson's-ilead,-ithey-icarefully-ievaluated-ithe-imana-iartifact.-i

  "This-iis-isuch-ian-iamazing-iartifact-ito-ibe-icalled-ia-iprototype!"

  "Float-iDrive-iSystem...-isuch-ia-isuperb-iway-iof-iutilizing-imana-icycle."

  "To-ithink-ithis-iwas-imade-iby-ia-i2nd-iyear-istudent-iin-ithe-iAcademy"

  "This...-iwhen-iI-iwas-iin-ithe-iAcademy,-iI-iwas-istruggling-ijust-ion-ifabricating-ia-imana-iartifact."

  Some-icomments-ican-ibe-iheard-ifrom-ithe-iengineers-ias-ithey-ilook-iat-ithis-imana-iartifact.

  Since-ihe-ihad-ibeen-iasked-ito-istay-iduring-ithe-ievaluation-iof-ithe-imana-iartifact,-ihe-iseated-iin-ia-icorner-iand-ianswered-isome-iquestions-ifrom-itime-ito-itime.-iIt-iseems-ithey-iwere-ieager-ito-iunderstand-ithe-iprinciple-iof-ithis-itechnology-ias-ithey-ialso-iscrutinized-ithe-imagic-istructure-iit-ihas.-i

  They-iwere-icertainly-icurious-iabout-ithe-ienergy-isource-iof-ithis-iartifact.-iBut-ithe-imain-isystem-ion-ihow-ithe-iengine-iworks-iwas-isecured-iand-inot-iexplained-iclearly-iin-iwhat-ihas-iWilliam-isubmitted.

  Of-icourse,-iWilliam-iwould-istill-ilike-ito-ikeep-ihow-ithis-iharnesses-ibyproducts-iof-iparticle-idecay.-i

  If-iWilliam-ihad-inot-istudied-ithis-ipart-ifor-iabout-i2-iyears-iand-irepaired-imultiple-imech-iframe-iin-ispace,-ihe-iwouldn't-iacquire-ithis-iknowledge.

  After-iabout-i3-ihours-iof-istudying,-iit-iwas-itime-ito-itest-iit's-ipractical-iperformance.-iHe-iwasn't-inervous-ior-ianything-iand-iwas-ieven-ihappy-ito-imove-iforward-iat-ithis-istage.-iHe-iwas-iconfident-iin-ihis-icreation-iafter-iall.

  It-iwas-ialready-ilate-iin-ithe-ievening-iwhen-iWilliam-iarrived-iback-iat-ihis-iworkshop.-iThe-iartifact-iwas-igraded-ias-iA-ias-iwhat-ihe-iexpected.-i