He picked up the Card.
The remaining two Cards slowly sank into their slots and vanished, while Dorothea's Believer Card changed to an image of her sitting upon the Bone Crow Throne.
[You have selected the Ascension path: Sovereign Ascension]
Elliot stared in surprise.
"Sovereign Ascension? What does sovereignty have to do with Radiance?"
He stared at the Card in his hand, looking at the Bone Crow Throne, and asked in disbelief, "Could the focus of this Card be the throne, rather than the mirror surfaces opening beside her?"
Elliot had always thought the throne was some kind of "atmospheric backdrop," like Maeve wearing a suit and tie in her Ascension Card.
Surely wearing formal attire didn't make it "Tailcoat Ascension"!
"So the throne is the core of it. The Crow-Bone Throne, the crushed black crows..."
Elliot thought of the types of monsters Victoria had mentioned before.
"Could this be some kind of control over the Feather-Born Species? Dorothea isn't going to grow feathers, is she?"
After he finished choosing the Ascension, the Difference Engine did not stop. Instead, it retracted and lowered the Ascension interface again, switching to the talent selection interface.
[Please choose!]
This time, what emerged was not three Cards, but three card slots.
The text descriptions Elliot had most looked forward to also appeared.
``` [Frenzied Crow Assault]: You transform into a flock of crows that can peck at or track enemies. Crows being killed will reduce your vitality and intelligence equally. Dealing damage in this state will heal the flock and restore its numbers.
[Prism]: You continuously fire powerful beams of light within your field of vision. Damage increases under sunlight. You cannot move while using this skill, and you emit a dazzling light.
[Side of Radiance]: You can radiate light.