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Herta and Ruby had worked on the research and given you their best theories, but this was as good of an opportunity as any to test things out. You knew you'd get a larger selection of options and have whatever ability you choose influence the BoatMech in some way. Lacking a proper battle for your BoatMech, you hadn't tested much of the latter. But the implications for it's potential remained untapped.
Even the one choice that wasn't focused on, the "flexibility to choose a past ability", was slowly being worked on by your goddess and your mastermind. Ruby in particular reminded you of the potential breakthrough that would soon come when [Custom Special] became more understood.
Still, the holographic question hovered in front of you.
>Keep it. Stick with what you know. (Keep Laevantein for now)
>Swap it out. Get something fresh. (Will offer a choice next update)
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You decided to follow the chatter of two women that were talking up a storm in the kitchen.
Cans and jars lay strewn around the room, top of tables and counters and whatever else had space for them, causing a semblance of organized chaos to spread. Bertha had been busy making pickled vegetables and canned fruits for long storage.
Not to say that was all she was doing. For the past couple of days she served you and the others the magically preserved meals she was experimenting with. Injecting mana into certain foods could give it a subtle change in taste, and this was especially the case with some squid meat you had to spare from turning the kraken into a trophy. Her cooking remained delicious — though that was more of a testament to her culinary talent than any form of magic that preserved freshness.
Herta on the other hand was just hanging around. She lazed about and bragged about herself. Although calling it laziness might be inaccurate; it was more like she was resting. While the construction of the dam was stalling, it wasn't completely idle. Even as she made almost empty references to the river she was planning to use, her progress on building powerlines and looking into what materials she should use was going well enough. And, to the surprise of most, she and Gerty were competing for the use of the construction clankers.
After a considerable amount of grumbling and pouting from your cute goddess, you were finally able to convince her that there wasn't any shame in using construction clankers to build things. Despite how much she boasted about her own power, and of how useful and essential she was to you, you could tell that her movements were getting more and more labored with each passing day. Compounding on this was her lack of sleep. This was mostly thanks to the overzealous kicks your children keep doing, almost as if they were conspiring to be active whenever she lay down to sleep.
That, how often her mana ran out, all the impromptu naps she had to take and all the pleading she made to get some of your massages were all proof that even a goddess had her limits.