[He makes a little scoffing noise, because the point was that he hadn't been able to figure it out, with all the time in the world and a great deal of power. Viktor imagines this will continue to be an insurmountable puzzle, but that doesn't mean he won't try. If he can give the automatons some agency of their own, there's less of a chance they will be misused.

Cid already seems to understand what happened, but even if he didn't, the way Viktor's lips pull tight at the implication is probably answer enough.]

You must understand that I never intended them to have my technology. They stole it from me, while I was incapacitated. It took them until now to puzzle it out, but...

[He's been worried about this for some time.]