[This is a logical next question, but the answer is sort of the harder part to admit. He wants to hide this from the government, yes. Everything else feels negligible.]
I wasn't wearing the gloves and the--and the sleeves for me. Or for the benefit of the civilian populace.
[He doesn't necessarily care what the locals think of him. Probably they'd assume he was testing some new invention. No, Viktor concealed it for the benefit of his friends, those who were suitably appalled by the things he did to himself. His pointed stare at Alucard says as much.]
no subject
I wasn't wearing the gloves and the--and the sleeves for me. Or for the benefit of the civilian populace.
[He doesn't necessarily care what the locals think of him. Probably they'd assume he was testing some new invention. No, Viktor concealed it for the benefit of his friends, those who were suitably appalled by the things he did to himself. His pointed stare at Alucard says as much.]