All weather aside, Blake has been spending more and more of his spare time at the workshop. Beyond occasionally harassing Viktor into a meal, or rescinding his space for one of the others to work, he's added time on either end of what had once been a regular shift and it hasn't really relented. Maybe he's lonely, maybe he's focused, maybe it's all of the above. Either way, he's got some tubers that he's holding thoughtfully as he approaches Viktor.

"Hey, would you wanna go see some kids with me? Maybe show 'em how to make somethin'?" he asks, distracted by the thought of many potato batteries but otherwise mostly behind this idea with a level of intrigue and conviction. It's been difficult for him to get closer to Viktor's... other project, but it doesn't mean he doesn't appreciate the man's intelligence, his ambition, or his background. Nor does it mean he's unwilling to help, a fact that should hopefully help ease them into something a little more personal here.

"Heard a lot of 'em are stuck inside with all this, but I bet I could gather a few a day just to keep 'em engaged." With the changes around Free Cities being what they are, a sense of community seems more important than ever.