Hello everybody. Book two will drop in less than a minute. In the meantime I thought I would add one of the changes I made to book one because it's fairly important in book two.

  The skill Machine Bond has a different description. Instead of an integral skill for his build, it is now described as training wheels for his class. I made dozens of small changes where he explores how to operate without the skill. Once he learns all he needs from the skill, it makes more sense for him to give it up. Below is what happens after he gives up the skill.

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  Luke climbed out of his suit of armor and sat down to meditate. It was time to practice a skill he didn't have anymore. He had given up his Machine Bond skill, hopefully he would be able to replicate the simple skill and create enough of a bond to get his class buff back. He had been so confident before, but now he was a bit nervous.

  He took several calming breaths and started circulating his mana. Skills were mostly just moving mana in set patterns. He could do this, he just had to have a small amount of mana travel from his core to his leg and back. The only tricky part was tracing the simple rune on the outside of his core when it came back. He should be able to feel the buff take effect when it worked.

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  In, and out. Mana flow to his leg, and back. In, and out. Paint the rune and then do it all again. The Bond rune was a novice rune. He could do this. In, and out.

  After about fifteen minutes of work, he felt his mana speed up and get all jumbled up. He lost focus and his mana scattered. Despite the failure, he smiled. That disruption was his class buff trying to take effect. He was close.

  He failed eleven more times after that. A total of four hours passed as he focused on getting his mana to play nice. He wouldn't let himself give up, telling himself he needed the time to meditate anyway.

  Just before quitting time, he did it. His buff took effect and he felt stronger, faster, smarter. The sudden influx of stats made holding the pattern easier. Slowly, he stood up and walked around, keeping the mana pattern active. He did it. He was getting the effects of a skill without the assistance from the system. He lost the pattern a few minutes later when he got distracted. He didn't care, he would get better with practice. This was a good day.