[And should be on their side, in all of this. Acting above the petty squabbles of the various governments and looking towards the future of this world many centuries from now. Viktor refuses to believe he will lose sight of what he works for, and even though the changes to his domain are benign, he won't indulge the Heralds, no matter what they try to do.]
Or they want us to be, anyway.
[Accepting the emergent future as their fate is not something Viktor is ready to do, not when he's still looking for a way out. As if to defy the maze itself, he pushes open one of the doors in the corridor, revealing the study as it always is. His shoulders relax, slightly, in relief, as Rio slinks inside.]
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[And should be on their side, in all of this. Acting above the petty squabbles of the various governments and looking towards the future of this world many centuries from now. Viktor refuses to believe he will lose sight of what he works for, and even though the changes to his domain are benign, he won't indulge the Heralds, no matter what they try to do.]
Or they want us to be, anyway.
[Accepting the emergent future as their fate is not something Viktor is ready to do, not when he's still looking for a way out. As if to defy the maze itself, he pushes open one of the doors in the corridor, revealing the study as it always is. His shoulders relax, slightly, in relief, as Rio slinks inside.]