To say they were looking rather gray honestly wouldn't have been accurate.
Because by the time Luca finished explaining how a few small modifications could help them in the long run, several cadets, along with the supposedly silent observers, looked closer to purple.
"We'll have to use some of our anti-LME coating to make sure everything is properly sealed again after the alterations," Luca explained, already considering how much more difficult any modifications would become once they entered an active hostile zone.
Without their personal space buttons, their tools and supplies would be limited to whatever the Academy had provided.
And since Luca wasn't planning to rely on the dungeon space unless there was an emergency...
Better to do everything they reasonably could now.
"But I really think we'll be able to maximize both our current and future energy supplies this way."
"…"
Admittedly, energy efficiency wasn't even Luca's only reason for wanting to make the changes.
