[Now he remembers why they have, independently and without addressing it outright, they've stopped talking about this--because it all comes back to the same thing, and there's no compromising on either of their positions. Viktor doesn't think that further explaining himself will change Kyle's mind, though he desperately wants to. Part of him doesn't want to believe that they could be so different.
But Kyle is right, in some ways. There will be factors he will never be able to account for. All he can do is his due diligence, and hope that will be enough. Of course such an answer won't dispel his concerns, because it might not be enough. He can't account for everything.
Viktor is silent for a moment, weighing his response. His gaze falls down to the table, suddenly guilty at Kyle's assertion that it doesn't matter. Of course it matters.]
I can promise you that...if what I uncover is truly dangerous, I'll stop. I'll destroy it all.
[He hopes, at the very least, that Kyle believes in Viktor's convictions. That he will do everything in his power to account for potential ill effects and accomplish this without the consequences that Kyle so fears. What he can't abide is complacency. Inaction.]
But I have to try. I can't accept this, otherwise. [Not when he might be the only person among them who could actually do it.] The lives we have here, they're not real. Not until we can secure them. I have to do something.
[Because, doing nothing--abandoning the summoning ritual, belief in the future Jayce sold to him--is what put him in this position in the first place.]
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But Kyle is right, in some ways. There will be factors he will never be able to account for. All he can do is his due diligence, and hope that will be enough. Of course such an answer won't dispel his concerns, because it might not be enough. He can't account for everything.
Viktor is silent for a moment, weighing his response. His gaze falls down to the table, suddenly guilty at Kyle's assertion that it doesn't matter. Of course it matters.]
I can promise you that...if what I uncover is truly dangerous, I'll stop. I'll destroy it all.
[He hopes, at the very least, that Kyle believes in Viktor's convictions. That he will do everything in his power to account for potential ill effects and accomplish this without the consequences that Kyle so fears. What he can't abide is complacency. Inaction.]
But I have to try. I can't accept this, otherwise. [Not when he might be the only person among them who could actually do it.] The lives we have here, they're not real. Not until we can secure them. I have to do something.
[Because, doing nothing--abandoning the summoning ritual, belief in the future Jayce sold to him--is what put him in this position in the first place.]