>>5930006As he lies bedridden, he tells Chromedome the story of why he's ill, starting with the origin of the Headmasters when he discovered the remains of the original "Headmaster system" in the crashed ship. While adopting this technology let the people of Master use large and powerful bodies, they still had to train extensively to develop a type of telekinesis needed to control them, but his Maximus is different, requiring a perfect balance of both physical telekinesis and mental telepathy to control. Attaining such a synchronization drains his life force, which is why he avoided becoming Fortress Maximus until the very last minute during buridanka incident. In tears, Fortress acknowledges that he's a coward who only thinks of his own safety and asks Chromedome to laugh at him, but Chromedome tells him to cut it out: to him, Fortress is the greatest of commanders, having saved his troops many times since then and only kept this secret so that they wouldn't worry about him.
