The Birth of Doom
Each time Ves fabricated a copy of a new design, he felt as if he was exploring his own work from a fresh perspective.
There was a difference between designing something and building it with your own hands.
The latter was distant and impartial.
At many times, Ves felt as if he was a god creating a new life out of nothing. While he still had to abide by the laws and constraints of reality, he had countless options at his disposal.
Such an approach easily caused Ves to develop a warped perspective towards his own work.
This wasn't necessarily bad as his design work was often better if he became engaged. His passion and enthusiasm fueled his imagination, causing him to develop all kinds of novel and interesting solutions to the problems at hand.
However, Ves didn't truly know his mech design from inside-out until he actually built it for real.