The Final Step(1)
As soon as Daneel's consciousness returned to his body, the first thing he heard was Arnold's shocked statement, which felt so, so satisfying that the smile on his face stretched as far as it could go.
Until now, the system had been the one controlling his body, and it could only make him put on the most rudimentary of expressions.
Thankfully, neither Drakos nor Arnold noticed anything, as it just looked like he was the one doing everything.
With him returned to his main body, Daneel didn't change that much: he just focused on the block of earth with the pieces of the Grand Inheritance inside, as the priority was to get rid of these barriers.
The objective of the whole plan with that town had been to make this possible…along with a certain side-objective that Faxul would soon put into effect.
As soon as he thought of this, Faxul's opportunity came, as Arnold, of course, opted for the thing that anyone would do when they were desperate.