Elliot's heart leaped into his throat.
He was not afraid of losing Elsa's corpse. There was another in the Courtyard, after all. At worst, he could have Elsa make some more in the future.
But [Casting Forge] was the first Great Being to grant him a blessing.
Perhaps the help in the Sea of the Moon had merely been icing on the cake, but when he had been frozen atop the ice, without that red glow constantly sheltering him and providing warmth, he would probably have died on Glacier long ago.
So although Elliot remained wary of [Casting Forge], he was still grateful to her.
The instant the Ritual succeeded, Elliot did indeed sense something familiar from Elsa.
She had become a [Vessel].
By now, Elliot had more or less figured out how to control a [Vessel].
The convenient thing about this control was that he did not need to go through the Difference Engine. He could control it directly and project his own power into it.
The troublesome part was that it first required processing through a Ritual.
Elliot stared at Elsa. Sure enough, before long, that feeling within him vanished.
Elsa's Vessel had been occupied by someone else.
Watching a trace of red light emerge in Elsa's eyes, Elliot understood a little.
This should be [Casting Forge].
But a question suddenly surfaced in his mind: [Casting Forge] could descend into a [Vessel], and the Difference Engine could also control a Vessel.
Then if he used the Difference Engine to control the [Vessel] into which [Casting Forge] had descended, would that amount to controlling [Casting Forge]?
Suppressing his wandering thoughts, Elliot looked at Elsa.
He weighed his words, considering how to communicate with [Casting Forge]. He also did not know whether she could tell that he, too, was controlling