Editing Weld (section)

===[[Gold Morning]]===
Orchestrated one of the only successful invasions of [[Cauldron's Base]], with the aid of some new [[Mantellum|recruits]]. Unlike many of his compatriots he had not fallen to despair enough to think all that he had time to do was take revenge on his [[Doctor Mother|tormentors]] before everyone died at the hands of Zion. With a handful of others Weld fought against former friends in defense of both his principles and the time for needed answers to come to light.<ref name="28.x">[[Cockroaches 28.x (Interlude)]]</ref>

Weld was torn apart more fiercely than ever before yet still survived, unable to stand or move due to the horrific damage inflicted on him.<ref name="29.4">Weld, mangled to the point that he looked more like scrap metal than a person, was heaved forward, thrown to the ground.<br/><br/>A sphere rolled forward.  Something coiled within, behind the colored transparent pane.  Someone in the crowd grabbed it, then made their hands glow.  Fire?  Heating the material?  I couldn’t tell from this distance, but I could see the movement within accelerate in fits and starts.<br/><br/>Weld reached out for the sphere, but his arm was so badly damaged it couldn’t hold his weight.  It bent the wrong way, breaking off.  When he rolled over onto his back, the forearm was stuck to his upper arm, hand to his shoulder and neck.<br/><br/>If he’d been a human, if ''half'' that much damage had been done, there would be no way he’d be alive. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/08/27/interlude-27/ Excerpt] from [[Venom 29.4]]</ref>

He helped in the final push, showcasing the extent of his shifting abilities while under the influence of [[Khepri]].<ref name="30.6">He came face to face with the changers.  Wearing his companion’s face.  The face of the alabaster-skinned companion my friends had put together, other faces like them.  Companions that ''could be''.  One metal-skinned boy I’d salvaged from [[Cauldron's Base|the ruins]] of a recent fight had been molded into a steel-skinned companion.  Another was a female mirror of Scion himself, golden skinned.<br><br>He moved to strike out, and I hurried to get them out of the way, using the connections and the forcefields to move them to the safest places I could find. - [[Speck 30.6]]</ref>