Maybe he can negotiate for me.

[Viktor says that with a huff--impossible, of course. There's no getting around this. It has to be him, and they both know it.]

If they had any integrity, they would not have stolen research from someone who could not object.

[And he did object, refusing to allow them access even from his recovery bed. Raiding his laboratory at that exact time was a low he was sure they wouldn't be able to duplicate, until now.]

Chastising them won't work. I need to appeal to something else.