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THE N E S T ([personal profile] onemind) wrote in [community profile] station72 2017-11-16 06:25 am (UTC)

Sun, no. This many Elin made by hand would cost a kingdom. No, pieces like that are manufactured by other nectar fueled machines. That way the same pieces can be made in replicate, then assembled in a line. [He's happy enough to explain the process as he feels along the edges of the compartment, cheerfully unafraid of pinching a finger on the complex inner workings of the creature.] There are crafts done by hand of course, but they tend to be particular and one of a kind. I'm fond of machining myself-- ah ha.

[Something clicks under his hand. He grips the edge of the open compartment and yanks, stronger than seems advisable. In response, the exterior plating of the Elin's body blooms like some macabre metal flower - displacing and sliding over other segmented pieces to expose the body of the creature's design. It becomes immediately apparent how its jointed together: where the sturdy limbs attach, how the heavy neck might rise and fall. It's a complex piece of equipment, but exposed like that it begins to make sense in an obvious, sensible kind of way (ignoring, of course, the burning golden clear globe at the animal's center; there nectar turns and turns in its canister, exuding a persistent humming light).]

There we are.

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