[They sit, shoulder to shoulder, while Viktor tries to articulate what it is he hopes to accomplish. The truth is that he doesn't know. He has a wealth of information--from others who have achieved multiversal travel or are familiar with alternate universes and timelines, but no idea how to make those systems run on the magic of the Singularity. And it will come back to the Singularity, in the end. That's what has him concerned.]

I don't know what this will cost. I've hardly begun to explore what might be possible.

[But he doubts it will be easy, and he doubts he will emerge from it unscathed. He might depart this place entirely, without even a chance to say goodbye.]

I only know that I can't let the Singularity take anything else from me.