The living mechs remained under control as the moment they had been waiting for had finally arrived.
Humanity was acquainted with elections for many millennia. Even though their forms of governance were constantly growing more diverse and convoluted, the basic rationale for voting never changed.
Each of them wanted to select one of their own to represent their interests and lead the Anima Order in a direction that they supported.
The differences between the candidates weren't all that great. Each of them were Larkinson mechs that had lived alongside the same group of humans for numerous years. Their values, ideals and their dreams were strongly influenced by the people they interacted with the most.
Still, each of them were clever enough third-order living mechs that had spent enough time to formulate their own vision on the future of their kind.