[Celestial Academy — Administrative Wing Corridor — 11:58 AM]
The creature was learning.
That was what differentiated this one from anything else the Harvester had faced in Alex's body — its speed of adaptation.
Each blow produced information.
Each information produced adjustment.
Each adjustment reduced the margin of the next exchange.
After the fifth fused F1+F4 strike, the creature had learned that the Harvester read the spiritual plane before the spiritual limbs arrived.
Response: completely retract the spiritual limbs and use only physical mass.
After the sixth strike, it had learned that the Harvester found the point of least resistance in the exoskeleton before applying pressure.
Response: increase exoskeleton density uniformly, without identifiable points of least resistance.
After the seventh strike, it had learned that the F1+F4 fusion damaged simultaneously on the physical and spiritual planes.
