Sunset Shimmer, who was using her hooves to carve a gemstone pony figurine but had messed it up once again, couldn't help but complain.
"Hands?"
Aurora and Twilight Sparkle looked at Sunset Shimmer with strange expressions.
Actually, it wasn't that the word "hand" didn't exist in Equestria.
Although there were no "humans" in this world, the biological classification for Primates existed, and there was even a "Hominidae" family, but there was no "Homo" genus under it.
In other words, there was no Homo in this world. (Sad)
If one were to interpret Sunset Shimmer's words differently, it was almost like a human wanting a pair of cat paws.
And if you want cat paws, you'd want cat ears and a cat tail; in the end, she wanted to become a cat-girl, or even a furry.
Pony version of a furry enthusiast (not really).
Realizing she had said something easily misunderstood by ponies, Sunset Shimmer gave a sheepish laugh and quickly tried to cover for herself.
"I just think the metacarpal structure of primates is very developed; with so many joints, it must be very flexible."
"You'd better really only think that."
Aurora narrowed her eyes and stared at her for a moment, then withdrew her gaze and added, agreeing with her.
"But your point is correct; the metacarpal bones of primates are very developed. Theoretically, they can perform many complex movements and even support them in using tools flexibly."
The premise is that their brains can accept and understand complex instructions, but the primates in this world ultimately didn't evolve into Homo sapiens; ponies were the most common intelligent life here.
However, having knowledge about primates come out of Sunset Shimmer's mouth was truly frightening to Aurora.
If it had been any other pony, say Lyra Heartstrings, it wouldn't have disturbed Aurora's peace of mind.
"Although we don't have such flexible finger joints, we have horns and magic, and we can even achieve even more incredible things."
While checking the new calculation formula submitted by Twilight Sparkle, Aurora spoke without thinking about the joys of being a pony, the subtext being that she wanted Sunset Shimmer to dispel her curiosity about higher-level primates.
"Twilight, let's change this step of the formula back to the original. Although it's indeed much simpler than the original, the threshold for calculation is a bit high, which might increase technical costs and make mass production inconvenient."
Twilight Sparkle thought it made sense upon hearing this. She was just a little bookworm and didn't consider commercial needs like Aurora did.
However, just as she was about to take it back to modify it, she was stopped by Aurora again.
Although this formula didn't meet commercial needs, it would certainly be the version that satisfied them the most for a prototype. Therefore, Aurora kept it and decided to use this scheme for the first version.
Twilight Sparkle nodded and then continued to calculate her parameters. Once the formula was determined, the rest would be easy to calculate.
After finishing Twilight Sparkle's part, Aurora came over to Sunset Shimmer's side.
Sunset Shimmer set aside the ruined gemstone pony figurine and handed her a sample mirror she had made.
Aurora took the mirror and simultaneously moved her eyepatch to her right eye.
"Mag ♦ ic ♦ Tech ♦ nique ♦!"
"It's this version today."
Sunset Shimmer remembered that yesterday it was "Amaterasu," and today's at least she could understand the meaning of.
Ever since Aurora covered her left eye, she would come up with some flashy lines to go with it, appearing to be enjoying herself thoroughly.
Through practice during this period, her control and application of her left eye had gradually become more proficient, especially in the process of fusing magic with objects.
Aurora could clearly see magic entangling and combining with other magic through different properties. She could observe these patterns while finding the most suitable way to allow magic to blend into tangible objects in the most perfect state.
If it weren't for the fact that her use of magic vision had just begun, she would really want to recite that line from Teacher Ke Xia.
Sunset Shimmer watched Aurora from the side, seeing her focused intently on the mirror, her horn glowing with a faint light.
She didn't know if it was her imagination, but she felt that Aurora's horn had grown a bit longer, at least adding two spirals.
"It's done, come take a look."
Sunset Shimmer took the mirror back and looked at it.
The reflection in the mirror wasn't her own, but Aurora's. She nodded at the mirror and swayed from side to side. The Aurora in the mirror made the same movements.
"It feels like the motion capture has become much smoother."
"Yes, because Twilight helped me optimize a few formulas, and the parameters are accurate to six decimal places, so the projection is clearer."
At this rate, the project will be finished in a few days. Moreover, the final result will only exceed Aurora's original expectations; this is the blessing of working with geniuses.
"Then what do you think of the mirror?"
"It's polished very well."
The flatness of the mirror affects the effectiveness of the magic, especially for gemstones with such excellent magic-conducting capabilities; it requires the Unicorn responsible for polishing it to be bold and meticulous.
"I plan to change the material for the coating layer. A regular coating might not withstand a few magic projections before melting or turning black."
"You make the call; just deduct the material costs directly from the budget."
Iris was truly generous as the client. After discussing it with her in detail and learning that the ponies participating in the project included her two fellow disciples and the instructor Celestia, she added funding without a second thought.
Even Aster began to consider the commercial value more seriously. Originally, this kind of magic item was very attractive to the fashion industry, and with the endorsement of The Grand Princess, it was even more so.
Now he was really going to fall into the money pit.
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