He spends a bit less time in his own domain, now that he's not in recovery and he's completed (and subsequently destroyed) a major project that required testing in the mind-scape, but the advantages of the Horizon mean that he's never away from it for too long. Now that he's freed up his schedule, more or less, he has a long list of projects he wants to complete, and testing in his domain expedites things.

Viktor mostly knows Gideon in passing, of course, as he does most Summoned in the Free Cities, and he's heard a bit about her from Caitlyn, at this point, but most of his prior interaction involved her commissioning him for sunglasses, of all things. That, however, is enough for him to perk up as she enters the lab, even though she seems apologetic about it.

"No, don't apologize. I'm glad you're here." He motions for her to come in, though just what he's up to seems to be unclear. There are machines of indiscriminate purpose, thick cables that snake around the stone floor, and the distinct feeling that something might explode. "Can you give me a hand with this?"

This meaning some kind of ominous-looking crank mechanism. Don't worry, it's all safe. Probably.