[Viktor spends more time in the Horizon than he probably should, but in his defense this is now the only place where his work is safe. He retreats to his study, which stays unlocked while he’s present there, though it’s nowhere near as neat and inviting as it usually is. Why he’s foregone his main laboratory is unclear, but even though he’s probably been here for like, an hour tops, every table and blackboard is filled with notes and schematics. For those that saw the Hexcore, the same geometric designs and sequences of arcana symbols have surfaced again.

He stands at a chalkboard, clearly deep in thought. Alongside his own schematics are diagrams of a mechanical bird, and what he remembers of the thing it was carrying. His concentration is thorough, only broken when he hears someone opening the door.]

Oh. [It seems surprising to him, that anyone might be looking for him here.] Did you…I must have left it unlocked.

[Don’t mind him, taking a step to cover what might be the most incriminating part of the diagram.]