Ves frankly felt annoyed at how the Cybers politely but firmly pushed him into collaborating with them on Bloodfire mechs.
Their logic was impeccable, but did they have to be so aggressive about their supposed claim to fire-aspected Carmine mechs?
This was the frustrating thing about the Polymath. She made deductions and acted upon them without sparing much thought on whether the other side agreed to cooperate.
Wait.
Star Designers shouldn't be that stupid.
The more likely explanation was that she modeled his reaction towards her star empire's proposal and thought its logic was too strong for him to ever refuse.
After all, Ves had much to gain and little to lose from cooperating with the Cybers on the development of Bloodfire mechs.
He tried his best to find a flaw in Hugo's arguments, but he failed to find one.
