Two hours later, Tatehan installed the final replacement conduit, applied the sealant, and ran the diagnostic scan.
The device beeped with affirmative confirmation, showing all green indicators across the board.
[Final repair successful,] the AI announced, and there was something that sounded almost like satisfaction in its synthesized voice. [Power Coupling system is now restored to ninety-three percent capacity.]
"Ninety-three?" Tatehan asked. "Not a hundred?"
[Some degradation is inevitable given the age of the system and the damage sustained during the crash. Ninety-three percent is effectively full operational capacity for current purposes.]
Tatehan sat back and looked at his hands. They were dirty, stained with sealant and metal dust, slightly sore from gripping tools for hours.
But the work was done, and now thinking about it, he was impressed with his own progress. Who would have thought he could do something like this?
