Ves almost reached the end of his journey.
He had approached and solicited the opinions of hundreds of people.
His increasingly more elaborate search for voices generated a lot of confusion inside and outside of his clan.
His behavior resembled that of a mech designer who started to slide into a mid-life crisis. His insistent questions on what he should focus on in the future sounded as if he was losing sight of his own life.
Ves did not care what kind of commotion he caused. He already built up a reputation for being eccentric and doing whatever he wanted, so his clansmen merely shrugged and continued on with their work.
In any case, the Larkinson Clan had matured into an increasingly larger, more structured and more professional organization in the last few years.