Ves and Alexa continued to go over the research reports on the Emperor Tree's wooden mechs. They talked about all kinds of fascinating observations about these quaint and interesting constructs.
The pair of mech designers also spent their time on examining the Elegant Rage before partially disassembling the machine.
It was only when Ves was able to remove a few exterior plating and take a good look at the interior for him to understand how much of a patchwork the Elegant Rage had become!
It was as if the Elegant Rage partially fused with a wooden mech. A lot of requirements that used to be fulfilled by metallic parts were suddenly being fulfilled by wooden parts.