Titan of Steel: Greetings! You wouldn''t happen to be a fellow Titan, would you?


    Aether Titan: Well yes, I am. I would say that ''fellow'' might be stretching it a bit much, seeing as you''re rather small to lay claim to that title.


    Titan of Steel: Hey, I just got my chassis exploded by an enchanted bottle full of what I''d say was probably Dragonfire. To make a long story short, I thought building in orbit would keep Adventurers from raiding me. I was wrong; all it did was attract the attention of every party powerful enough to teleport to me.


    Aether Titan: Wait, that was you!? What power source were you even using that could work away from the planet anyway? Even my planar rift requires fairly significant proximity to large concentrations of life to give me any useful amounts of power, and I''m less tethered to my power source than most Titans.


    Titan of Steel: To be completely blunt, I''m using incredibly violent reactions powered by the conjuration of elements that should not be, and release incredible amounts of energy as they instantly destroy themselves. I prefer calling it nuclear power since it involves atomic nuclei, but as far as I can tell it''s more commonly known as Dragonfire.


    Aether Titan: Oh. That would explain it. So, was there anything else you wanted to talk about, or did you just drop by to meet me as you plummeted towards the sea?


    Titan of Steel: I''ll be completely honest; I didn''t know you were here when I picked my de-orbit trajectory. Anyway, since I don''t particularly feel like cutting my parachute until I actually splash down in a few minutes, we may as well talk. On that note, you mentioned getting your power from some kind of planar rift; mind telling me a bit more about that?


    Aether Titan: Sure, I suppose. I''ve got a gash in reality leading directly to the collective unconscious of pretty much everything on the planet with a brain, a ridiculous amount of mana flows out of said rift, and I use it to power my chassis. Anyway, since we seem to be taking turns at asking questions, how long did it take you to get yourself mobile?


    Titan of Steel: The first time, or on average? I''d wager I get my chassis trashed more often than the average Titan.


    Aether Titan: The first time, I guess; that usually takes the longest, since new Dungeons usually have no idea how to go about procuring a suitable power source.


    Titan of Steel: To be honest,it took me about a week to go from waking up as a brand new Dungeon to building my first Chassis to the point of being able to travel. Admittedly I promptly crashed the thing in the Dead Wastes since I had no idea how to fly the thing, but the point still stands. It''s been about a month and a half since then.


    Aether Titan: I call bullshit! No Dungeon is that knowledgeable about engineering and mana dynamics at such a young age! By all rights you should be a barely cognizant newborn! Seriously, it took me around twelve years to prepare for take-off, and I''m one of the faster Dungeons to reach Titan status on record.If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. Please report it.


    Titan of Steel: Well, I''ll happily tell you the truth, though I doubt you''ll believe it. While I''ve only been a Dungeon for about two months right now, my mental age is a lot closer to twenty years, most of which was spent as a human in an alternate world where nuclear reactions were common knowledge, and there was no such thing as Dragons, or Dungeons, or any of this other bizarre stuff that I have no idea how to deal with and keeps trying to kill me! I just went to sleep one night and woke up as a Dungeon Core, and it''s been one disaster after another since then! The only notable achievement of mine that will actually stick was killing the Titan of Bone, and they were literally a helpless target with no ability to actually harm me!


    Aether Titan: Huh, never thought I''d get to meet another reincarnate. Admittedly my past life was native to this world rather than wherever you came from, but I understand at least part of what you''re getting at.


    Titan of Steel: Sorry for shouting at you; I really needed to vent, and doing it to Minions doesn''t really work since they''re kind of a part of me. Wait, what did you say about reincarnating?


    Aether Titan: Don''t worry, I understand that feeling. And people getting reincarnated as Dungeons is a known thing that happens around here, though it''s extremely rare. Anyway, you look to be getting a bit close to the sea there; do you want to keep in touch, or shall this be it for now?


    Titan of Steel: I would really like that; I''ve been keeping in touch with a Shepherd named Seth who helped me get going the first time, but he doesn''t really get the whole Dungeon thing, you know?


    Aether Titan: Yeah, I really do; meeting up with my past life family was awkward until we eventually called the whole thing off. Oh, good job taking out the Titan of Bone by the way; basically all of us Titans wanted a crack at him once we learned what he''d done, but none of us had a power source that could keep us going inside the Dead Wastes long enough to finish the job. Thank you for that.


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