He had studied Gilded anatomy. He had reverse-engineered the components from the gift THE Creature had left him. He had the Sandbox. He had his Infinite Scales, which he could arrange and rearrange and expand to include new elements as knowledge arrived that warranted inclusion. He was currently in the process of incorporating Prime Cause access into his Infinitas Architectura, which meant his Scales could absorb what his engagements produced and integrate it structurally rather than merely experientially.
And now, with every factor of progression laid out clearly, with adversity and risk and challenge and starting point all illuminated as the actual mechanisms underlying what he had been doing instinctively since the first dungeon appeared in his world, he wanted to optimize.
His mind buzzed with the specific intensity of a calculation that had found its proper scope.
