[Otherwise, why bypass Nott? Viktor might be impressed with his own work, in that it was able to break through such powerful magic, if not for the fact that the cost was the lives of a nonzero number of Thornean guards.
He waits, patiently, for them to be alone again, and then he lowers his voice.]
I have reason to believe that the Free Cities stole my work, in order to do this. I never wanted--you must understand that it was never intended to enact such violence.
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[Otherwise, why bypass Nott? Viktor might be impressed with his own work, in that it was able to break through such powerful magic, if not for the fact that the cost was the lives of a nonzero number of Thornean guards.
He waits, patiently, for them to be alone again, and then he lowers his voice.]
I have reason to believe that the Free Cities stole my work, in order to do this. I never wanted--you must understand that it was never intended to enact such violence.