"Fortitude column" Alteea explained. "Point your hand into the panel. Give me every single drop of Eon your body can push through it - controlled. The column reads raw Eon output, channel quality, and your dominant trait."
"Trait?" Saffi raised a brow.
"Yes? What kind of question is that? Didn't you learn in school?"
Arashi and Raizen exchanged a look. It wasn't their fault they didn't know.
Alteea sighed. "So, in simple terms: as you know, Eon responds to its user. And its user has a specific strength – strength, speed, you get it."
She glanced at Saffi. "I'm not gonna explain anything, Kori doesn't pay me for that. Ready?"
Saffi turned her slate tablet on and quickly surfed through some terminals. She stood a half-step back, eyes on everything.
Arashi eyed the machine. "So we just... Blast it?"
"Cleanly" Alteea repeated. "Not the same thing."
Kori folded her arms. "If you wobble, step out. Overexertion here is as stupid as holding back."
