They were already bitter that they could see her live her life without an ounce of suffering. She even married a person with a high position, and even had a child with him.
Then she was suddenly blessed by the system like this? Guaranteeing her lifestyle for the rest of her life.
It wasn’t that they were not living well—because they were—but some feelings of disgruntlement were inevitable.
They did not just lose a few properties. They lost family and friends. And under avoidable circumstances.
Melissa didn’t mind these talks. She always believed that she deserved it.
It was why even if she heard these mutterings, sometimes within her earshot, she only ignored them.
This was not something that could be fixed with mere apologies. In the end, she decided that she was going to show them that it was good she survived—because she’d create tools that they would use in the future.
It had to be said: Motherhood really did a lot of good things for Melissa’s mental strength.
Moving on to these issues behind the scenes, Melissa’s toolmaker awakening was a big event, and the toolmakers and mathematicians asked Melissa to make a few while they watched her process.
In order to not distract her, they placed her in the concentration room.
The concentration room was a room they made after Kalfene and the others arrived. They wanted to watch the aborigine toolmakers do their thing, but having so many eyes on them was really unnerving, and it affected the toolmakers’ productivity.
So they created a comfortable work space with comfy chairs, bean bags, desks with chairs and desks for those who preferred working on the floor. There was also a chest of materials, as complete as possible, not just to facilitate the creation process but also to inspire them.
At the same time, the room had a one-way mirror people could observe in.
This one-way mirror was designed, colored, and patterned, too, so unless one stared at it, one wouldn’t be so conscious even if they knew there were people on the other side.
In fact, when the toolmakers enter the zone, they’d even forget there were people there at all.
Melissa sat comfortably on the bean bag and used the floor table as her work surface. Althea was given a seat on the other side of the mirror so she had the closest view of the process.
She had her handly array notebook out, and she took note of the array appearing and being imprinted to the tool. She had seen some similar arrays from the lighthouse, but there were also differences in each one.
Melissa looked quite comfortable as she worked, which was as it should be considering she would be sitting there for many hours.



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