That's Different

Now that Ves received the outcome he wanted to produce, there was not much point to letting the prototype Geist System run any longer.

The more time passed by, the more things could go wrong. It was not necessary for Ves to take any further risks with the new system.

"Shut down the connection!" Ves quickly instructed the other Journeyman. "We've got the result that we needed. Now let's pull Mephisto back before he starts to do his job on my ship instead of an enemy target!"

The magnitude of the effect was not as important. Ves already accounted for the possibility that the dinky setup he and his collaboration partner had cobbled together wouldn't produce any drastic results.

Besides, he had limited the strength of the connection at the lowest viable level. Ves did not have any desire to dial it up for fear of overwhelming a new and relatively fragile spiritual fiend.