I don't think you need to apologize for that or anything else right now.

[ He says that just as quietly when Viktor breaks the silence, still studying the items scattered around them without his gaze actually being focused upon them. It's not the first time he's witnessed someone overturn everything they could within reach or go in search of more to add to it when the first few things weren't enough, and there's reasons for it narrow down to an even smaller list.

They could sit in silence a bit longer. Maybe it would help Viktor or maybe it wouldn't; that he was here by himself rather than with Jayce around feels like a confirmation of something Claude knows is still only a guess at best. Especially without hearing the words said aloud to go with it but as he'd told someone else recently, there are some things which don't need to be said to be true. After another moment, he sighs soundlessly and looks over at the other man to open the door to it whether or not it leads anywhere. ]

After Petra... left, I did the same thing, [ with a small wave to the scattered everything around them, ] out in the desert.