"I will not only extract all the Core you've managed to build up, leaving you to be a worthless academic with Perception abilities, but I will forge a new construct out of that Core and embed it into a more capable host. That host would fight this fourth phase and the next, alongside me, the XVessel."
Sebastian gave a warm smile, again, this time directed at the X construct. He caressed the glass encasing, his eyes focused on the pentagonal device. Suddenly, his eyes flashed, and he gave a brief chuckle. "We wait for a while and let our machines do the work on your body, while I get bonded with this beauty."
Levi wanted to speak when Sebastian raised a finger. "Maybe," he said. "If your gaze is on her, then perhaps the extraction would be faster, because your body would be tensed and would release more energy."
Her?
