Watching the excited Lucilia, Alka immediately poured cold water on her enthusiasm.
"No. Although that entire basket is filled with discarded puppets, even if we take them all out, there are only about twenty. Among those, only seven are usable Flesh Dolls. And of those seven, only two can be made into puppets like Ling, capable of becoming a Touchable."
After all, the discarded puppets in the basket were from different production iterations, with significant technical gaps between each one. The Ling they had created was a Flesh Puppet almost completely crafted by Alka; it was discarded simply because it wasn't yet perfect. This meant that at the time of its creation, it didn't perfectly meet the standard for harmonizing with Lucilia's soul. However, it was qualified as a basic Flesh Puppet. The Flesh Puppets they had used before were modified from those that hadn't even met these qualifying standards, so those clearly wouldn't suffice.
