A little of both. Individual runes are bound to specific meanings--limited applications. You can do a little brute forcing if you get creative, but if you're not able to channel the arcane yourself, you need a matrix. Something that can learn. Adapt to perform different functions.
[Once again, he seems to perk up at the chance to elaborate on the details, even though it is like four in the morning and probably most of this is esoteric nonsense.
(It's an AI, Samus. He's describing an AI without actually knowing what a computer is.)
She is right, though. The academies should be pounding at his door, and though he certainly has the ability to teach again (and might, because it's an easy way to make money, which he desperately needs), Viktor thinks his time is better spent on more practical pursuits, like rebuilding the Hexcore in an attempt to not die. He's silent for a brief moment, as if debating what he wants to say.]
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[Once again, he seems to perk up at the chance to elaborate on the details, even though it is like four in the morning and probably most of this is esoteric nonsense.
(It's an AI, Samus. He's describing an AI without actually knowing what a computer is.)
She is right, though. The academies should be pounding at his door, and though he certainly has the ability to teach again (and might, because it's an easy way to make money, which he desperately needs), Viktor thinks his time is better spent on more practical pursuits, like rebuilding the Hexcore in an attempt to not die. He's silent for a brief moment, as if debating what he wants to say.]
I'm weighing my options.