I'm sure there are entire worlds where they've solved all of these problems.

[Now that he knows, definitively, that there are other worlds and planes and universes out there, including this one. Surely someone, somewhere, has managed to get it right.

Viktor is under no illusions about getting home--maybe, eventually, he'll be able to reverse-engineer the ritual, but that's not his priority right now. The first thing will be buying himself more time. And, speaking of--it seems they have similar ideas.]

I've been doing some odd jobs back in Cadens. Ideally I'll have a place to work soon, even if I have to rent it.

[A tacit invitation, perhaps.]