"Damn," Arlette said sounding sympathetic to Caius's plight.
Except Caius hadn't lost the smile he gained after that momentary successful extraction.
"No, no. It's progress," he said, finding himself filled with confidence as he retrieved another canister of Beast Blood from his Storage ring and dumped a good bit into the Alchemical kit.
Caius remembered exactly what he had done for every one of the failed attempts. His brain grabbed every bit of detail locked it down so he could replay it with incredible clarity. Due to this, he knew exactly what he had done he had done differently for the last try.
