"You have performed admirably under the circumstances." Master Vayro Goldstein told Ves after the council session came to an end.
As usual, not every councilor left right away. They gathered together and began to exchange words with each other. They often created virtual privacy circles around them that prevented outsiders from hearing or seeing anything inside.
Ves was in such a privacy circle right now. He wanted to hold a somewhat earnest talk with Master Goldstein of the Survivalist Faction.
In fact, the person he really wanted to get a hold of was the Evolution Witch, but she was obviously not available.
The second-best person he could turn towards was Master Termaneo Dervidian, but he had skipped this session for whatever reason.
The Transhumanist Faction instead dispatched another Master Mech Designer in his place that Ves had never met before.