When Ves spoke to the Everchanger, he did not know whether he was dealing with an outlier or a herald of an emerging trend.
Was the Everchanger one of many living mechs that were no longer satisfied with their basic and barebones treatment?
This matter would have been a lot simpler if this was the case. Ves could give the Everchanger enough accommodations to keep it happy but limit the extent of the privileges that other living mechs received.
After all, it was better to keep those mechs undistracted and focused on the job. Ves did not want to end up in a situation where he had to account for the needs of both his clansmen and his mechs!
The first thing he did after he left the workshop was to consult with his wife.
Though she possessed a completely different specialty from his own, she had worked on plenty of living mechs by this time. She should not only understand his difficulties, but also develop her own stance on the matter.
