As Ves exited his mental overdrive mode and granted his two overstrained brains a much-needed respite, a lot of changes happened in a short amount of time.
"Ah!"
First, the bridge operators reacted against the bright flash of light that briefly illuminated the bridge.
Their sophisticated helmets protected them from getting blinded by the excess brightness, but that didn't mean they had failed to notice anything.
"Papa!" "Papaa?"
Second, Aurelia and Andraste both turned to their father and became alarmed and afraid by how much their father had changed all of a sudden.
His spiritual presence had become qualitatively and quantitatively stronger.
His physical body exuded a sense of might and power that resembled that of powerful indigenous alien creatures.
Fortunately, his personal suit of combat armor blocked or dampened most of this effect.
