Ferra reaches down and gently takes Blo's hand, giving her a reassuring smile as they step through.
"You're lucky," Lucida grins, "This is a part of the lab that not even I get to hardly see."
On the other side is a scene that they couldn't have imagined. Intricate arcane artifacts, elaborate constructs of exotic metals hum, crackle and rotate, directing streams of energy around the room as they are funneled through runes that hang in the air. More runes hover over an inclined table, thinning out the energy streams as they are fed into Regina as she lay at an angle on the table. Off to one side, one of her arms floats in the air, held in place with glowing runes as they bind the energy of the limb to her body.
A sheet covers a great deal of her, but it is quite obvious, even from a distance, that she looks very different. She is the same person, but her musculature is more defined, more athletic. The plates on her body are more elaborate, and she has a pair of soft ears coming from the top of her head, and stripes are on the bottom half of her face.
She looks like a Jinko.
The girls stop in their tracks and their jaws drop. Even Ferra drops Blo's hand.
"M-m-mmmmmmm-MOM??" Aegis stammers.
"Isn't she AWESOME?" Lucida says excitedly.
Regina looks up and smiles her trademark, bright smile. "Hello, sweetheart! It's okay, come here! Come on!" She motions with her attached arm. She seems a little tired, but otherwise okay.