[He's glad to hear it, even if Viktor is not the most outwardly emotional of individuals. Reconfiguring the business has been a challenge, so he's glad that he has people like Wylan (and Cal, and Blake, and Claude) to help him fill in some of the gaps.
Perhaps the present is as much appreciation as it is a birthday gift. Speaking of--Wylan notices it perhaps sooner than Viktor might have expected. He doesn't look up from his workbench.]
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[He's glad to hear it, even if Viktor is not the most outwardly emotional of individuals. Reconfiguring the business has been a challenge, so he's glad that he has people like Wylan (and Cal, and Blake, and Claude) to help him fill in some of the gaps.
Perhaps the present is as much appreciation as it is a birthday gift. Speaking of--Wylan notices it perhaps sooner than Viktor might have expected. He doesn't look up from his workbench.]
I heard it was your birthday.