[There's part of him that's relieved to come to the conclusion that destroying the automaton at this point would be useless, though he still very much thinks it might be a good idea to burn the workshop down. He does, at least, recognize that none of this is productive. They should be brainstorming ways to sabotage the technology instead, as Hilda brings up.

Viktor seems to ponder this for a moment.]

Yes, something like an...electromagnetic pulse, but for New Magic.

[And something he could feasibly accomplish.]

We'll have to work on it in the Horizon, to start. I can't afford to have the government take something else from me.