Blasopher

I am glad you have enjoyed my work so far, is there anything you noticed that you think I could improve moving forward?

Honestly, I am not sure if I could create a whole field of science/tech that Carman will develop with the merging of his tech skills, there is already a lot of untapped potential in both of the skills Clockwork engineering (CE) and Clocksmithing (CS), for one, CS has the capacity to tap into the energy and flow of time in parallel dimensions, this is how Ryuzu's Mute Scream works, additionally there is the ability to either remove all friction or convert all the heat from gears moving against each other into one powerful blast as AnchoR works. I was honestly going to just add a few pseudo-science technologies to this new field, as well as have Carman experiment how different materials like the various elemental alloys I have mentioned previously effect the output of his devices. one idea I had was to use some of the TimeShift stones to create "Quantum entangled Cogs" which are synched with one another, the change in speed/direction of one's rotation will cause a change in the other, but I need to research some more into Quantum Entanglement.

I was going to do a one-year time skip because I don't feel like I can confidently write how Carman and Ryuzu build up the organization. But an explanation of what they did will happen later on in flashbacks where relevant. I am not going to skip through all of Carman's time at the military academy since I have an ark to introduce Camile into a more important role of the story.

Yes, as there is with most relationships. Carman might have had some experience dating in his previous life, but it doesn't mean he cannot feel extremely touched from a meaningful surprise gift. It is also possible to be made blushy flustered from a platonic friendship. Will Carman be a complete newbie at relationships and blush at just holding hands? No. but his partner? maybe.

Let's just say..... its a secret... it will ruin the suspense, wouldn't it? I mentioned to Underkeg that Carman is straight, and I'll throw in a bone, they are a playable character. That is all I am willing to say for now.

Yes, the two clockwork disciplines will fuse together into one that I have currently termed "Kinetic Engineering" as they run off of the transfer of kinetic energy from one point to another, powering various mechanisms along the way for sure, but at the end of the day, both practices use a ton of gears to build things. Eventually, his tech skills will converge, but that is MUCH later into the story.