[There's sympathy in his voice, because he's sure Kyle understands. Viktor has spoken about his attempts to bring Hextech to the Undercity--how the Council was uninterested in things like water purifiers or air scrubbers, so they'd tried mining tools and even that was deemed too dangerous. At the time, he'd written it off to Heimerdinger's particular brand of conservatism, when it came to their work, but now he understands that it was at least partially a fear of putting the Undercity on equal footing.
Without that, there will never be true independence, not for anyone. Maybe it's the same where Kyle comes from, though Viktor cannot imagine abandoning Zaun. Even his life here is temporary. He'll return, eventually, and he'll use what he knows to help people, whether the Council wants him to or not.
And he can contribute to this place in the meantime. Viktor's silent for a moment, before he seems to decide that, despite all of this conversation, he should do what Kyle came here for.]
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[There's sympathy in his voice, because he's sure Kyle understands. Viktor has spoken about his attempts to bring Hextech to the Undercity--how the Council was uninterested in things like water purifiers or air scrubbers, so they'd tried mining tools and even that was deemed too dangerous. At the time, he'd written it off to Heimerdinger's particular brand of conservatism, when it came to their work, but now he understands that it was at least partially a fear of putting the Undercity on equal footing.
Without that, there will never be true independence, not for anyone. Maybe it's the same where Kyle comes from, though Viktor cannot imagine abandoning Zaun. Even his life here is temporary. He'll return, eventually, and he'll use what he knows to help people, whether the Council wants him to or not.
And he can contribute to this place in the meantime. Viktor's silent for a moment, before he seems to decide that, despite all of this conversation, he should do what Kyle came here for.]
Would you like to meet it?
[The automaton.]