[Viktor doesn't even have to think about this, and he's sure Alucard knows this about him already. Everything he does is for one reason--so that what happened to him, and so many others in the Undercity, doesn't happen to anyone else.]

The purpose of scientific advancement is to--to improve lives. If I'm not using my abilities to mitigate human suffering in some way...all of this is pointless.

[He just wishes he didn't have to run up against so much politics to do it. Even the automaton has hit roadblocks.]