Kaiden confirmed the purchase, opening Semi-Creation Mode for the thirty square kilometres he had just bought. Light swept across the palace windows as the system began building his design.
On the projection, molten rock poured into the new basins, filling depths that made the old channel look miserably shallow. Melty swam out into the nearest reservoir, her wake spreading across the glowing surface before she vanished beneath it.
Kaiden kept watching for her. When she surfaced farther out, with room to turn her immense body freely, his grin returned.
"Much better."
A heavy metallic blow reached him through the open doors. Above the trees, black foundations drove into the nearest pass while his lance battery assembled around its suspended barrel.
"I need to see that thing."
Kaiden rose and offered Aria his hand. Her fingers slipped into his as she joined him, smiling at his eagerness, and the family followed them down the dais toward the doors.
